Subject: Re: CVS commit: basesrc
To: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: source-changes
Date: 12/29/2000 13:12:16
>: i don't think it worthwhile to pursue intermediate goals, like "compile
>: strl* locally so that we can build on solaris".
>Host tools are used _once_ during the build to produce source files for the
>target. If the binary doesn't require nonstandard calls like strl*, there's
>no reason to use them at all. Obviously it worked before the change, so
>just switch it back.
>
>Host tools should be as close to ANSI/POSIX in the default case as possible,
>without resorting to autoconf.
if it is pulled into host tools itself only, i see less problem.
i really object to have strl* in libroken, as it gets installed into
netbsd /usr/lib, and will be there forever.
itojun