Re: Host settings for GNU in configure*?

[Svante Signell]

On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 16:00 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Svante Signell, le Thu 25 Aug 2011 15:54:32 +0200, a écrit :

> so what?
> 
> > And when porting packages it is of large interest to know the variants,
> > so a common pattern can be used for all cases!
> 
> As I said already, gnu*.

You said *-gnu* before, decide yourself :)

> Why not propose to introduce the quadruple then!
> 
> Quite franckly and personnally, because I don't care. Using gnu-*
> carefully does work.
> 
> You're welcome to take the time to discuss the issue with autotool
> people.

No I won't. I thought this had been discussed before, because Hurd is a
GNU project as well as autotools.

BTW: Any news from GHM you can forward to the ML/IRC?

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