From: Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com>
To: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
Cc: Ben Elliston <bje+dated+1087704905.a97384@air.net.au>,
gcc@gcc.gnu.org, gdb@sources.redhat.com,
binutils@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: removing src/expect
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 21:32:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zn74zevv.fsf@taltos.codesourcery.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <orpt808sqv.fsf@free.redhat.lsd.ic.unicamp.br> (Alexandre Oliva's message of "15 Jun 2004 17:35:04 -0300")
Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:
> On Jun 15, 2004, Ben Elliston <bje+dated+1087704905.a97384@air.net.au> wrote:
>
>> I propose that src/expect be removed from the tree 7 days from now
>
>> Any objections?
>
> Err... Yes, for the same reasons as dejagnu. It's not bundled with
> most of the OSs I used to test, and being able to build expect along
> with tcl/tk/etc that were built for GDB/Insight, and dejagnu, that
> requires it, was quite handy. Sure it's old, but it doesn't hurt as
> long as it works, no? And it's not like you're required to check it
> out. I'd rather just leave it there, like dejagnu.
And on the other side, I have repeatedly been burnt by systems with
tcl/expect headers installed globally which are incompatible with the
stuff in /cvs/src. I'd be much happier if tcl/tk/expect were all
three removed from src.
zw
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-15 21:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-15 4:15 Ben Elliston
2004-06-15 20:35 ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-06-15 21:32 ` Zack Weinberg [this message]
2004-06-15 22:24 ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-06-15 22:29 ` Zack Weinberg
2004-06-15 22:56 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-06-15 23:07 ` Andrew Cagney
2004-06-15 23:40 ` Andreas Schwab
2004-06-15 22:50 ` Joe Buck
2004-06-16 3:34 ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-06-16 3:35 ` Ben Elliston
2004-06-16 6:11 ` Joel Brobecker
2004-06-16 6:15 ` Ben Elliston
2004-06-16 7:08 ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-06-16 13:46 ` Andrew Cagney
2004-06-16 16:30 ` Joe Buck
2004-06-16 19:53 ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-06-16 22:48 ` Ben Elliston
2004-06-16 16:27 ` Joe Buck
2004-06-15 22:43 ` Ben Elliston
2004-06-15 4:37 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2004-06-16 15:31 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2004-06-17 3:24 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2004-06-17 17:30 ` Christopher Faylor
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