Re: Recent patch to pass through unrecognized options in CVS HEAD

[Albert Chin]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 12:59:43PM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> >
> >No, I was recommending that we keep the patches to pass through unknown
> >options, since that leaves only one problematic case: unknown options with
> >arguments.  Before the patch *all* unknown options were stopped, and we
> >would be back in that situation if we revert.
> >
> >Are _you_ saying you want to keep the patch? Or do you want to revert it
> >too?
> 
> ... Our #1 priority should be to ensure that the compiler still
> compiles when driven by libtool.  If libtool disects options and
> passes parts through incorrectly then the compiler will no longer
> compile.  It is better to reject/ignore the entire option if it
> would otherwise not be passed correctly.

Yes!

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albert chin (address@hidden)