reopen 338059 retitle 338059 newlib: please fail the build if it can't work thanks
On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 05:04:09PM -0800, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > i386 is the only Linux target supported by the upstream newlib. Many > other embedded targets are supported by newlib, but not *-linux, and > in particular not armeb-linux. This is not likely to change anytime > soon, though it would possible to write a port for other Linux targets > if someone wished to contribute the work. In that case, wouldn't it be better to make the build system bail out when it detects it's on an architecture it doesn't support? (rather than allowing to build everything and only at the very end finding out that hey, this architecture isn't actually supported). (Reopening as I think that'd be better, but this'll be the last time.) -- .../ -/ ---/ .--./ / .--/ .-/ .../ -/ ../ -./ --./ / -.--/ ---/ ..-/ .-./ / -/ ../ --/ ./ / .--/ ../ -/ ..../ / -../ ./ -.-./ ---/ -../ ../ -./ --./ / --/ -.--/ / .../ ../ --./ -./ .-/ -/ ..-/ .-./ ./ .-.-.-/ / --/ ---/ .-./ .../ ./ / ../ .../ / ---/ ..-/ -/ -../ .-/ -/ ./ -../ / -/ ./ -.-./ ..../ -./ ---/ .-../ ---/ --./ -.--/ / .-/ -./ -.--/ .--/ .-/ -.--/ .-.-.-/ / ...-.-/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
