Re: Re: [UnixOS2] libc

Ilya Zakharevich wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 09:40:15AM +0200, Andreas Buening wrote:

[snip]

> > Somebody mentioned that the current emx build system should be improved
> > if I remember correctly. I haven't looked closely at this, yet.
> > If we want to do this we should do it right at the beginning.
> 
> I repeat:
> 
>   a) I know of no issue with 2.8.1 + dmake (but of course, this may be
>         just ignorance).

The gcc version is more or less irrelevant as long as we're talking
about C, so 2.8.1 is okay. Whether we want dmake should be discussed.


>   b) I see no reason to do this "in the beginning" (actually, I do not
>      see any reason to do this at all, if it requires more than man-hour of
>      work).
> 
> > Of course, it isn't necessary to have a _compatible_ release but
> 
> ???  You probably missed another negative?  I see no need for
> uncompatible release...

I'm sorry. This statement was really misleading. I meant a 100%
forward _and_ backward compatible release so that we can be sure
that "our" emx release is identical (except bug fixes) to EM's release.


Bye,
Andreas