Re: Host requirements to build the Tools binaries

Greg Troxel <[email protected]> Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:29:37 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.toolchain
Message-ID <[email protected]>
"Greg A. Woods" <[email protected]> writes:

> Some NetBSD tools _are_ GNU Software.  To me that means their source
> should define _GNU_SOURCE by definition and by default, but if they
> don't then NetBSD _MUST_ do it for them when building on a GNU or
> GNU-like platform.

_GNU_SOURCE should be defined by a program that expects GNU additions to
standards.  Whether a program has that expectation and whether it was
produced under the GNU project are separate issues.