Re: ensure that generated files are read-only

[Bruno Haible]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> >> Bruno, would you mind if I changed the uses of "t-$@" to "address@hidden"
> >> in modules/localcharset?
> >
> > Yes. The rule would not work right any more on 8+3 filesystems (DJGPP,
> > possibly also OS/2).
> 
> Do you know of actual users who have to _build_ GNU tools on 8+3
> filesystems?

Not any more. I don't even think that the release of FreeDOS 1.0 [1] will
change this. Also, the last DJGPP update of GNU gettext by volunteers was
in 2002.

But each time I say in public that DJGPP is dying or dead, I get flamed
by Eli Zaretski :-)

So, if we all decide to drop support for DJGPP from gnulib, I'm with you.

Bruno


[1] http://www.freedos.org/