Re: Host requirements to build the Tools binaries

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

"Greg A. Woods" <woods%planix.ca@localhost> 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.