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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla1.2 on cygwin
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Robert Collins |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla1.2 on cygwin |
Date: |
Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:21:47 +1100 |
On Sun, 2004-03-14 at 15:21, Tom Lord wrote:
> > From: Robert Collins <address@hidden>
>
> >> I happen to think that "careful use" is a complete solution to this
> >> problem.
>
> > It's already been shown to be inadequate.
>
> No, it hasn't.
Let me rephrase: we've one user with a horked branch as a result of
this.
> > And with the current {arch} layout the side effects are bad.
>
> > I think we need to provide some mechanism for users with broken systems.
> > The question is: what approach is preferred by you (other than 'careful
> > use'). Then, folk interested in using broken systems can implement that.
>
> A certain tasteful set of warnings and perhaps a per-user option to
> turn them into hard errors to catch some cases is fine. There's no
> good reason to go changing {arch} layout or start changing the
> namespace.
I never suggested "changing {arch} layout or start changing the
namespace". And I find either approach to solving this abhorrent. I
maintain that we should catch or prevent this though.
Rob
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla1.2 on cygwin, (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla1.2 on cygwin, Aaron Bentley, 2004/03/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla1.2 on cygwin, Tom Lord, 2004/03/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla1.2 on cygwin, Aaron Bentley, 2004/03/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla1.2 on cygwin, Erik de Castro Lopo, 2004/03/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla1.2 on cygwin, Tom Lord, 2004/03/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla1.2 on cygwin, Robert Collins, 2004/03/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla1.2 on cygwin, Tom Lord, 2004/03/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla1.2 on cygwin,
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla1.2 on cygwin, Charles Duffy, 2004/03/05
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla1.2 on cygwin, Robert Collins, 2004/03/03
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla1.2 on cygwin, Aaron Bentley, 2004/03/05
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla1.2 on cygwin, Johannes Berg, 2004/03/10
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla1.2 on cygwin, Adrian Irving-Beer, 2004/03/03
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla1.2 on cygwin, Evan Powers, 2004/03/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla1.2 on cygwin, Karl Waclawek, 2004/03/10
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla1.2 on cygwin, Adrien Beau, 2004/03/10
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla1.2 on cygwin, Karel Gardas, 2004/03/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla1.2 on cygwin, Florian Weimer, 2004/03/06