From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sa-prd-fep-041.btinternet.com (mailomta10-sa.btinternet.com [213.120.69.16]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9AAF6385842E for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:25:48 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 9AAF6385842E Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=dronecode.org.uk Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=dronecode.org.uk Received: from sa-prd-rgout-004.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net ([10.2.38.7]) by sa-prd-fep-041.btinternet.com with ESMTP id <20211214202547.RCNW30965.sa-prd-fep-041.btinternet.com@sa-prd-rgout-004.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net>; Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:25:47 +0000 Authentication-Results: btinternet.com; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=jonturney@btinternet.com; bimi=skipped X-SNCR-Rigid: 613943C60DEA116A X-Originating-IP: [81.129.146.209] X-OWM-Source-IP: 81.129.146.209 (GB) X-OWM-Env-Sender: jonturney@btinternet.com X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=0/300, class=clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvuddrledtgddufeekucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuueftkffvkffujffvgffngfevqffopdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddunecunecujfgurhepkfffgggfuffvfhfhjggtgfesthejredttdefjeenucfhrhhomheplfhonhcuvfhurhhnvgihuceojhhonhdrthhurhhnvgihsegurhhonhgvtghouggvrdhorhhgrdhukheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepffekiefgudejheetudeigfejledtleegleetkeduteeftdfffefhueefgfeutedtnecukfhppeekuddruddvledrudegiedrvddtleenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegludelvddrudeikedruddruddtfegnpdhinhgvthepkedurdduvdelrddugeeirddvtdelpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepjhhonhdrthhurhhnvgihsegurhhonhgvtghouggvrdhorhhgrdhukhdprhgtphhtthhopehnvgiflhhisgesshhouhhrtggvfigrrhgvrdhorhhgpdhrtghpthhtohepvhgrphhivghrsehgvghnthhoohdrohhrgh X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean Received: from [192.168.1.103] (81.129.146.209) by sa-prd-rgout-004.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net (5.8.716.04) (authenticated as jonturney@btinternet.com) id 613943C60DEA116A; Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:25:47 +0000 Message-ID: <7806a095-b45d-c0e4-a75a-24c1e0a3366f@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:25:10 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.4.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove automake option 'cygnus' from newlib Content-Language: en-GB To: Mike Frysinger , "newlib@sourceware.org" References: <20211213132010.2434-1-jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> From: Jon Turney In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1192.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, FORGED_SPF_HELO, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: newlib@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Newlib mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:25:50 -0000 On 14/12/2021 05:45, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On 13 Dec 2021 13:20, Jon Turney wrote: >> The 'cygnus' option was removed from automake 1.13 in 2012, so the >> presence of this option prevents a later version of automake being used. >> >> Check-list of the effects of '--cygnus' from the automake 1.12 >> documentation, and steps taken (where possible) to preserve those >> effects (See also this thread [1] for discussion on that): > > to help with bisection, maybe this should be split into at least 2 patches ? > (1) turn on the new features but leave cygnus enabled. > (2) remove the cygnus option. > wdyt ? Yeah, that's not a bad idea. I suspect that of tje effects of '--cygnus' which correspond to automake features (#1-#5), only #5 will result in a change to the generated autotools files (and thus potentially be the cause of a bisectable regression), but I guess I'll need to try it out to be sure :)