Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:07:37 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils Makefile.inc0 Message-ID: <20040315010737.GT63585@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20040315112847.A38901@freebsd3.cimlogic.com.au> References: <200403050147.i251l39I006593@repoman.freebsd.org> <200403042036.i24KaIeq025097@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040305141012.GA10639@ip.net.ua> <20040305143708.GA70192@nagual.pp.ru> <20040305152247.GB11063@ip.net.ua> <20040315001023.GP63585@dragon.nuxi.com> <20040315001619.GA1586@dragon.nuxi.com> <20040315112847.A38901@freebsd3.cimlogic.com.au>
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On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 11:28:47AM +1100, John Birrell wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 04:16:19PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 04:10:23PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 05:22:47PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > > > OK, I see. Removing the contrib/bintuils/include/getopt.h is the > > > > only real solution -- I've removed it locally and reverted these > > > > revisions, and it's now past that point. > > > > > > > > David, remove the damn header please. > > > > BTW, ask maintainer I do still have the option of NOT using the > > getopt_long from libc and just sticking with the GNU supplied one. > > I think we should just use the version distributed by the FSF. The only > reason to changing things locally is if there would be some improvement. > That isn't the case here. I agree 100%. Mark my word -- there will be some FSF gcc & binutils change to its getopt that we won't have and it will cause a real problem. The GNU toolchain is GPV'ed, using a BSDL'ed getopt doesn't solve anything. > FWIW, ache has done lots of commits related to getopt since I reported > the problem I was seeing. He attributed the problem to the POSIXLY_CORRECT > environment variable which accounts for why most people didn't get bitten. I had seen some email traffic on that, but wasn't sure if you were happy with the solution to the breakage. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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