Hi, On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:08:13AM +0100, Thomas Schwinge wrote: > On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 02:36:09PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 12:22:55PM +0200, Thomas Schwinge wrote:
> > > This means that GCC 4.1.3 or newer needs to be used for compiling. > > > But this is fine in my opinion, so I didn't add a configure-time check > > > to see whether such a modern compiler is indeed being used. > > > > Certainly it's fine to require such a version. Still, it would be nice > > to have a check that errors out with a useful message if someone tries > > with an older one. > > They'll show something like ``cc1: error: unrecognized command line > option "-fgnu89-inline"'', which is good enough for me, and good enough > to google for. I disagree. The configure script is responsible for ensuring a working build, or give a useful error message if it can't. A failure during the actual build is always a bug, either in the program, or in the configure. -antrik- _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list Bug-hurd@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
