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- From: bothner@cygnus.com
- Subject: Re: suggestions for getopt*.c in libiberty
- Message-ID: <9301060807.AA02614@cygnus.com>
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- Distribution: gnu
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 16:07:18 GMT
- Approved: bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
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- > I want to put it after -lc, since any existing routines on a particular
- > Unix are probably more efficient than the versions in -liberty.
-
- Most routines in libiberty are there only if there is no
- corresponding routine in libc. Any other routines are unlikely
- to be any more efficient in libc.
-
- The efficiency of getopt is particularly irrelevant - even if
- it made a difference, why do you think the system version is preferable?
-
- > Also, it would be nice if libiberty.tar.Z, with it's own configure, could
- > appear in prep.ai.mit.edu:~ftp/pub/gnu.
-
- There are no plans for this, since libiberty is just a utility library
- for Cygnus releases. It has no particular deocumentation or specification.
- If non-Cygnus packages start using it, we might re-consider.
-
- --Per Bothner
- Cygnus Support bothner@cygnus.com
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