Re: newlib_cv_ vs libc_cv_ autoconf cache vars prefix

On Jan 28 04:44, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> the newlib/libgloss configure scripts use both libc_cv_ and newlib_cv_ as
> their autoconf cache var prefixes.  this really should be just one name.
> i'm inclined to use newlib_cv_ rather than the more generic libc_cv_.  any
> preferences or reasons to pick one or the other ?
> 
> libgloss also has cache vars.  i'm inclined to have it use newlib_cv_ too
> since, as a project, it's carved out the namespace, and doesn't really need
> its own libgloss_cv_ prefix.
> -mike

AFAICS, only six libc_cv_* and two newlib_cv_* vars exist at all, and only
two of the libc_cv_* vars are AC_SUBST'ed and show up in the Makefile.
Using the same prefix for all vars, it would be the smaller change to
switch the 2 newlib_cv's to libc_cv.  The result would be the same.


Corinna