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Re: patch for "g++-x.x" named compilers
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Robert Boehne |
Subject: |
Re: patch for "g++-x.x" named compilers |
Date: |
Sun, 27 Oct 2002 11:53:24 -0600 |
Aargh, Yes, I agree that this is a better route to
prevent breakage with upgrading in the cases where it
used to work. I'll re-do the patch to depricate and
warn with corresponding changes to libtool documentation.
Thanks,
Robert
Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
>
> On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Albert Chin wrote:
> > > All right then, here it is. This patch replaces the guessing
> > > of operation mode with an error message, and removes the variable
> > > default_mode as it is no longer used.
> > >
> > > Ok to commit?
> >
> > This means that people upgrading from 1.3.x or 1.4.x to 1.5.x will
> > have to retool how they invoke libtool. Do we really want to do this?
>
> It is true that the examples in the existing libtool documentation are
> making use of implicit mode detection. In my opinion, this was a bad
> original design decision, but since the documentation doesn't cover
> the explicit mode option, I need to change the recommendation I made
> just a minute ago.
>
> Since the implicit mode detection is impossible to support properly, I
> recommend that the libtool documentation be updated, and that libtool
> issue a warning that the implicit mode is deprecated.
>
> Bob
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- patch for "g++-x.x" named compilers, Ossama Othman, 2002/10/24
- Re: patch for "g++-x.x" named compilers, Bob Friesenhahn, 2002/10/24
- Re: patch for "g++-x.x" named compilers, Robert Boehne, 2002/10/24
- Re: patch for "g++-x.x" named compilers, Bob Friesenhahn, 2002/10/24
- Re: patch for "g++-x.x" named compilers, Robert Boehne, 2002/10/27
- Re: patch for "g++-x.x" named compilers, Albert Chin, 2002/10/27
- Re: patch for "g++-x.x" named compilers, Bob Friesenhahn, 2002/10/27
- Re: patch for "g++-x.x" named compilers,
Robert Boehne <=
- Re: patch for "g++-x.x" named compilers, Robert Boehne, 2002/10/28
- Re: patch for "g++-x.x" named compilers, Bob Friesenhahn, 2002/10/28
- Re: patch for "g++-x.x" named compilers, Bob Friesenhahn, 2002/10/27