1.3.4-devel can not compile 1.2.x?

Matthew Dillon dillon at apollo.backplane.com
Sat Aug 6 09:00:11 PDT 2005


:
:On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 02:07:16AM +0200, Tomaž Borštnar wrote:
:> I tried compiling world for 1.2.x on 1.3.4-devel:
:
:You have to explicitly set GENCAT=gencat for such a configuration. I
:know it is a (minor) hassle, but we can't simply drop it, because of the
:implications for iterative builds. I also don't want to add the old,
:non-getopt compatible argument handling to the new gencat.
:
:Joerg

    No, we want such builds to work without having to issue weird 
    commands.  It's no big deal to support the old option format, and
    it saves a lot of hassle.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxx>





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