From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31373 invoked by alias); 25 Feb 2006 01:46:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 31357 invoked by uid 22791); 25 Feb 2006 01:46:38 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from gateway.sf.frob.com (HELO gateway.sf.frob.com) (64.81.54.130) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:46:37 +0000 Received: from magilla.sf.frob.com (magilla.sf.frob.com [198.49.250.228]) by gateway.sf.frob.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFA03357B; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:46:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by magilla.sf.frob.com (Postfix, from userid 5281) id A39D4180A66; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:46:35 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Roland McGrath To: "David S. Miller" Cc: libc-hacker@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Missing Sparc Implies In-Reply-To: David S. Miller's message of Friday, 24 February 2006 17:45:18 -0800 <20060224.174518.102972954.davem@davemloft.net> X-Shopping-List: (1) Simplistic nougat (2) Ruinous redeemers (3) Athletic citations (4) Hydraulic commander hydrants (5) Self-propelled humorous translation vapor Message-Id: <20060225014635.A39D4180A66@magilla.sf.frob.com> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:46:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact libc-hacker-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-hacker-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-02/txt/msg00042.txt.bz2 > I guess I don't understand how the "machine=" specification in the > configure scripts work... They look like file path names that the > build machinery tries one by one like this: > > machine=a/b/c/d > > step 1) try $(foo)/a/b/c/d > step 2) try $(foo)/a/b/c > step 3) try $(foo)/a/b > step 4) try $(foo)/a > > You seem to be suggesting that it works another way. It sounds like you think there's an OR. It's an AND.