On 05/27/11 00:08, James Youngman wrote: > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: >> On 05/26/2011 01:10 AM, Markus Duft wrote: >>>> 2. modify the configure script to refuse to build findutils at all on >>>> Interix unless suacomp is installed [i.e. "make things worse"]. >>>> >>> >>> I'd be more for 2, as i'm currently contaminating a whole lot of packages >>> with suacomp anyway (gnulib, coreutils, etc.). >> >> >> I would also strongly favor option 2, since gnulib recently documented >> that it will only target Interix with suacomp installed: >> >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2011-05/msg00368.html >> >> In other words, suacomp is not deemed a burden for that platform, and >> Interix without suacomp is unsupported by the very gnulib code you are >> trying to use to work around Interix deficiencies. > > OK, well, if some gnulib-generated configure script enforces this > constraint (no gnulib without suacomp) then there's almost nothing to > on the findutils side apart from revert > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/findutils.git/commit/?id=107af5aa0cd8cb6551e12c3ed0c21066f0fbd19f, > right?
right, that'd be great. now suacomp takes the work :) thanks very much, and apologies for bringing the work up in the first place... markus > > James.
