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To: obrien@NUXI.com
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Subject: Re: getopt.c in gnu/*/* 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 26 May 1999 01:23:20 PDT."
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Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 09:42:45 -0400
From: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net>
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> It would be better to create src/gnu/lib/libgnugetopt/Makefile and point
> ".PATH:" to the newest src file we have in the tree.  If some package
> gets updated and there is a newer GNUgetopt(), then we change the
> ".PATH:".  JDP suggested this is a cleaner way than extracting part of a
> GNU package, and I have to agree with him.  (I am considering something
> simular with libiberty and libbfd)

Cygnus cautions against merging libiberty/libbfd from binutils with GDB.

Never made sense to me tho...   :-)

Cheers,

Jerry Hicks
wghicks@bellsouth.net


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