Subject: Re: stand/.../newvers.sh
To: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/06/1999 07:37:02
Chris G. Demetriou wrote:
> Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au> writes:
> > The Alpha doesn't use the bootprog_name[] variable, but at first glance
> > looks like to could be changed to do so. However, the Alpha does add
> > the building OS revision to what it uses for bootprog_name[], which I
> > don't think is a bad thing either.
>
> The alpha used to use bootprog_name[]. I changed it last night to not
> do so, because it's _unnecessary_ to do so.
>
> There's no point in putting more in newvers.sh than has to be
> dynamically generated...
The only rebuttal against this I can think if is that it reduces the
amount of code we can share between ports (say sparc & sparc64, pmax
and newsmips, m68k*). Given the nature of the programs we are talking
about, this may not be a sound argument. If you can offer even the
flimsiest of arguments against that one (and mrg doesn't counter-strike)
then I'll drop bootprog_name[] ;-)
Simon.