Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 03:09:28 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@atg.aciworldwide.com>, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <XFMail.011026030928.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20011026024542.B12708@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On 26-Oct-01 David O'Brien wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 10:53:51PM -0700, John Baldwin wrote:
>> Messy?
>
> Yes, needless junk.
Well, it's not that important either way. However, this seems to be the only
actual reason you have for opposing this. I can buy this one but not the rest
of your arguments. However, you may decide however you wish.
>> Index: Makefile
>> ===================================================================
>> RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc/Makefile,v
>> retrieving revision 1.24
>> diff -u -r1.24 Makefile
>> --- Makefile 27 Mar 2001 14:58:37 -0000 1.24
>> +++ Makefile 26 Oct 2001 05:46:19 -0000
>> @@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
>> SRCS= gcc.c gccspec.c
>> NOSHARED?=yes
>>
>> -LINKS= ${BINDIR}/cc ${BINDIR}/gcc
>> +LINKS= ${BINDIR}/cc
>> +.ifdef(GCC_NAMES)
>> +LINKS+= ${BINDIR}/gcc
>> +.endif
>
> uh...
> +.if !defined(NO_GCC_LINK)
> if anything.
The name was just a suggestion, I'm sure a better one can be found.
> Again, other than some utopian idea of a clensed spirit, what do you hope
> to acomplish with this change?
As already stated, some people find this useful. Just because you don't find
it useful doesn't mean it isn't useful to others.
>> It seems more like you just don't like the idea since
>> you wouldn't use it and thus have decided to take it as a personal
>> issue. It's just hardlinks to a few binaries here, not the end of the
>> world.
>
> I will direct all the freebsd-questions email on "where did gcc" go to
> you.
Err. Since this would be an _optional_ toggle that defaults to having the gcc
names by default, there will be no flood of email on freebsd-questions. It's
just like how we have a NO_AWK knob. You use it if you know what you are
doing, but it hasn't resulted in lots of "gee, where is awk?" mails to
freebsd-questions.
> --
> -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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