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  From: obrien@NUXI.com (David O'Brien)
  Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/gcc/config/i386 freebsd-elf.h freebsd.h
  
  I agree to all that... but how does it resolve the situation?

What do you mean how does it resolve the situation?

If I know what capabilities I have (if they are individually enumerated),
then I can choose to code based on a given capability, not an OS rev level.
This is clearly a win, which is why autoconf is clearly a win.

If we had enough energy, I'd suggest just porting everything over to autoconf.
However, I suspect the heat-death of the universe will occur first. :-\