From: Paul Koning <pkoning@xedia.com>
To: law@cygnus.com
Cc: hjl@lucon.org, egcs@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: testing consistency
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 07:27:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9709121426.AA19884@kona.> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <24085.874001081@hurl.cygnus.com>
>>>>> "Jeffrey" == Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com> writes:
Jeffrey> In message < m0x9DaB-0004ecC@ocean.lucon.org >you write:
>> When you do
>>
>> # configure
>>
>> on linux or any platforms where gcc is the native, default
>> compiler, prefix should be /usr, not /usr/local. Please check out
>> egcs/gcc/configure.in to see what it does.
Jeffrey> I disagree.
Jeffrey> I've worked on such systems for years; and if installing
Jeffrey> egcs overwrote my system compiler I'd scream bloody murder.
Jeffrey> Overwriting the default native compiler should require
Jeffrey> explicit "permission" from the user -- ie "--prefix=/usr".
I strongly agree with Jeff.
Weren't there some complaints a while back about egcs build
overwriting things (like the texi to info tools)?
The default should be a safe default. That's especially true for beta
software, but even beyond that. (Just because beta is finished
doesn't mean the bugs are all gone.)
In production environments, people *don't* just plunk a new tool over
an older one just because it was released...
paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-09-12 7:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-09-10 22:37 Aaron Jackson
1997-09-11 0:40 ` Jim Wilson
1997-09-11 9:23 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-11 10:17 ` H.J. Lu
1997-09-11 11:05 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-11 11:05 ` H.J. Lu
1997-09-11 11:05 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-11 11:36 ` H.J. Lu
1997-09-11 11:36 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-11 12:54 ` H.J. Lu
1997-09-11 13:20 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-11 14:01 ` Per Bothner
1997-09-11 15:09 ` Richard Henderson
1997-09-18 12:57 ` Bob Glickstein
1997-09-11 13:37 ` Jim Wilson
1997-09-11 14:11 ` Per Bothner
1997-09-11 15:01 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-11 16:13 ` Joe Buck
1997-09-11 17:08 ` Jim Wilson
1997-09-11 18:39 ` Joe Buck
1997-09-11 13:20 ` Per Bothner
1997-09-12 7:27 ` Paul Koning [this message]
1997-09-11 12:57 ` Ian Lance Taylor
1997-09-11 13:51 ` H.J. Lu
1997-09-11 13:54 ` Ian Lance Taylor
1997-09-11 13:59 ` H.J. Lu
1997-09-11 14:04 ` Ian Lance Taylor
1997-09-11 19:01 ` Jim Wilson
1997-09-14 12:06 ` Joel Sherrill
1997-09-14 12:19 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-14 12:44 ` Joel Sherrill
1997-09-18 22:56 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-19 8:04 ` H.J. Lu
1997-09-19 8:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-19 12:19 ` Jim Wilson
1997-09-19 13:14 ` Joe Buck
1997-09-19 14:51 ` Dave Love
1997-09-19 17:12 ` Jeffrey A Law
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1997-09-19 9:52 Kaveh R. Ghazi
1997-09-19 10:20 ` Joe Buck
1997-09-18 21:42 Mike Stump
1997-09-18 21:50 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-18 21:55 ` Joe Buck
[not found] <oren6qtfsg.fsf@sunsite.dcc.unicamp.br>
1997-09-18 20:37 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-18 21:32 ` Alexandre Oliva
1997-09-18 22:24 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-15 14:44 Alexandre Oliva
1997-09-11 21:33 Peter Seebach
[not found] <199709112227.SAA01970cygnus.egcs@tweedledumb.cygnus.com>
1997-09-11 16:31 ` not-for-mail
1997-09-11 15:27 meissner
1997-09-11 16:06 ` Doug Evans
1997-09-11 17:08 ` Joe Buck
1997-09-11 11:36 Mike Stump
1997-09-11 12:47 ` Jim Wilson
1997-09-05 18:09 meissner
1997-09-05 18:55 ` Joel Sherrill
1997-09-04 18:48 Joe Buck
1997-09-04 20:13 ` Dave Avery
1997-09-04 21:11 ` Jim Wilson
1997-09-05 8:56 ` Joe Buck
1997-09-05 8:58 ` Joe Buck
1997-09-05 7:26 ` Joel Sherrill
1997-09-05 12:44 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-05 16:40 ` Joel Sherrill
1997-09-10 15:21 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-10 16:15 ` Joe Buck
1997-09-10 16:22 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-10 22:23 ` Alexandre Oliva
1997-09-11 9:23 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-09-11 10:01 ` Jeffrey A Law
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