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Re: choice of file system build-dir can change how coreutils works
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: choice of file system build-dir can change how coreutils works |
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Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:07:07 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
"James Youngman" <address@hidden> writes:
> Yes, you can't assume that O_NOFOLLOW is available as a feature just
> because the build system defined it.
All the examples you give are cases where the build system is later
than the host system. In general coreutils and gnulib don't support
building on a newer system than you intend to run on, as there are too
many things that can go wrong.