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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 03:59:40 est
From: entropy@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Message-Id: <9301180859.AA22430@kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
To: NTOMCZAK@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA
In-Reply-To: Michal Jaegermann's message of Sun, 17 Jan 93 20:16:34 MST <9301180318.AA05532@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>
Subject: libraries
>I think that splitting header files AND libraries into common,
>MiNT specific and TOS specific is something which should have been
>done a long time ago. Actually Jwahar, Eric and me we were talking
>about that some while ago but there is quite a bit of work involved
>in it. Maybe you noticed that for some while Jwahar was moving
>quietly in this direction.
The header files are all common, so there's no trouble there.
>with a similar arrangement for libraries. One of flags '-mint' '-tos'
>could/should be a default depending on a compiler configuration.
>You risk that way at most a neccessity to recompile a driver, which
>is really small program and can be redone even on the smallest
>machines. So what are your comments?
GCC already has a -mint flag to select the mint libs if you want to
keep the TOS libs online as well.
>I think also that LF vs. CR/LF controversy is based on a
>misunderstanding. Maybe I got it wrong, but I thought that an
>original proposition was about a form in which sources and updates are
>distributed. It is true that 'patch' will barf on you (although
You got it right...
Cheers,
entropy