From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26509 invoked by alias); 2 Apr 2012 15:30:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 26486 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Apr 2012 15:30:19 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-bk0-f41.google.com (HELO mail-bk0-f41.google.com) (209.85.214.41) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:30:07 +0000 Received: by bkwq16 with SMTP id q16so2841002bkw.0 for ; Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:30:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.154.83 with SMTP id n19mr3728573bkw.69.1333380605314; Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:30:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [79.10.95.69] (host69-95-dynamic.10-79-r.retail.telecomitalia.it. [79.10.95.69]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f5sm39375036bke.9.2012.04.02.08.30.02 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:30:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4F79C5F2.2020807@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:30:00 -0000 From: Stefano Lattarini MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Tromey CC: ams@gnu.org, iant@google.com, gcc@gcc.gnu.org, 11034@debbugs.gnu.org, gdb@sourceware.org, automake@gnu.org, binutils@sourceware.org, joseph@codesourcery.com Subject: Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option References: <4F72E239.9010404@gmail.com> <4F7301DD.7090401@gmail.com> <4F76C08E.6050707@gmail.com> <4F76D8F2.8050804__46768.5595191599$1333188914$gmane$org@gmail.com> <87zkaujjn1.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <4F79BFDB.1070904@gmail.com> <87ty12i2pd.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <87ty12i2pd.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-04/txt/msg00018.txt.bz2 On 04/02/2012 05:16 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: >>>>>> "Stefano" == Stefano Lattarini writes: > > Stefano> True, and that was even stated in the manual; the whole point > Stefano> of ditching support for cygnus trees is that by now those two > Stefano> big users are basically not making any real use of the 'cygnus' > Stefano> option anymore. To quote my previous report: > > Stefano> ./bfd/doc/Makefile.in:AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.9 cygnus > Stefano> ./bfd/doc/Makefile.in:# cygnus option. > Stefano> ./bfd/doc/Makefile.am:AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.9 cygnus > Stefano> ./bfd/doc/Makefile.am:# cygnus option. > > But this is a reason not to remove it; or at least to restore the > previous handling of info files. > > I don't care about the cygnus option per se. It was always a grab bag > of hacks. > And it's the hacks I'd like to remove, not the option per se :-) > The issue is removing a feature that an important user relies on. > So far the suggested replacements haven't seemed that good to me. > Sorry if I sound dense, but what exactly is the feature you are talking about here? Regards, Stefano