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To: Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com>
Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, java-patches@gcc.gnu.org, libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org,
        binutils@sources.redhat.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: Factor configure-time gcc version checks (patch 1/4 for PR
 7305)
References: <87is7tejx4.fsf@redhat.com> <87hdndmyg8.fsf@codesourcery.com>
From: Richard Sandiford <rsandifo@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:06:00 -0000
In-Reply-To: <87hdndmyg8.fsf@codesourcery.com> (Zack Weinberg's message of
 "Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:05:27 -0800")
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Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:
> I think this is a fine idea (though I cannot approve it) and I would
> like to encourage you also to break the version number proper and the
> date stamp out of gcc/version.c.

Yeah, a separate version file is probably a good idea, but I'm afraid
it's not something I'm likely to tackle myself, sorry.

Richard