Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:20:32 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A perlified gensetdefs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012191719390.52336-100000@dt051n37.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <3A3D6E2B.E6BFB5DC@cup.hp.com>
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On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> Doug Barton wrote:
> >
> > > In order to reduce the number of ELF specific tools, I rewrote
> > > gensetdefs(1) in perl
> >
> > Not to rain on your parade, but personally I'd rather see the amount of
> > perl in the base reduced instead of increased. Is there a way to solve
> > the cross-build problems without making this into a perl script?
>
> What cross-build problems are you refering to?
Your stated purpose for making this a perl script was to "reduce
the number of ELF specific tools," so I'm wondering why that's a priority,
and if it could possibly be solved with a different method.
Doug
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