Re: Bug 9210: fix to replace Linux with GNU/Linux where needed

[Christophe Jarry]

Hello Ralf,

On Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:22:55 +0200
"Ralf Wildenhues" <address@hidden> wrote:

> > --- libtool.orig/libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh 2011-08-31
> > 21:50:53.000000000 +0200 +++ libtool.new/libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh
> > 2011-09-04 12:27:53.000000000 +0200
> 
> Please learn to use git for sending patches; thanks!

Please tell me precisely how I should send a patch to you the good way.

> > -# No shared lib support for Linux oldld, aout, or coff.
> > +# No shared lib support for GNU/Linux oldld, aout, or coff.
> 
> Ugh.  What is oldld?  Is it Linux or GNU specific (or both)?
> Because the urge to call something GNU/Linux is definitely only valid for
> things that are, in fact, not just one of the two.

That is why I wrote in my first message
(http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool-patches/2011-09/msg00002.html):

    I may have replaced "Linux" by "GNU/Linux" even if "Linux" was used to refer
    to the "kernel Linux". If that is the case somewhere in the patch, please
    tell me and explain me. I will modify my patch accordingly.

So are "oldld", "aout" and "coff" things from the kernel Linux? If not, where do
they come from?

Christophe