Re: [Coreutils-announce] coreutils-5.0.1 released

[Jim Meyering]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 08:46:26AM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >>>> "Jim" == Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
>> > [...]
>> >  Jim> * src/Makefile.am (bin_PROGRAMS): Add "[".
>> >  Jim> (__SOURCES): New var.
>> >  Jim> * src/test.c (LBRACKET): Define to 0 if not defined.
>> > [...]
>> >
>> > Is NEWS-OS 4.2R something you care about?  Make variables
>>
>> Do people still use that OS?
>
> No idea, all I know about this OS is its name and this Make
> limitation.  Googling for "NEWS-OS" and "automake" shows two bug
> reports in 2000 and 2001, including the complaint about `_'-variables.

Hi Alexandre!

What do you think about dropping that warning altogether, or at least
allowing packages like the coreutils to disable that part of -Wall?
NEWS-OS users can always build/use a better version of make than the
vendor-supplied one.  We shouldn't be catering to broken systems that
are used by so few people -- certainly not when the catering would
involve degrading a package even a little.

Jim