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Re: Update config.guess to treat cygwin 1.7 as new system name
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:02:25PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> I don't see any benefits to appending the cygwin version number to
> the triplet. That just makes extra typing. So what if there is new
> functionality? That's what configure is supposed to determine.
That is generally my preference, too. People get all hung up on
version numbers.
> What other systems emit version numbers after the OS name?
Solaris.
I think I agree with you, Chris. I don't think the version number
should be appended if at all possible. It discourages people from
writing proper feature tests.
Cheers, Ben
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