On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Eric Blake <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/26/2011 01:10 AM, Markus Duft wrote: >>> 2. modify the configure script to refuse to build findutils at all on >>> Interix unless suacomp is installed [i.e. "make things worse"]. >>> >> >> I'd be more for 2, as i'm currently contaminating a whole lot of packages >> with suacomp anyway (gnulib, coreutils, etc.). > > > I would also strongly favor option 2, since gnulib recently documented > that it will only target Interix with suacomp installed: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2011-05/msg00368.html > > In other words, suacomp is not deemed a burden for that platform, and > Interix without suacomp is unsupported by the very gnulib code you are > trying to use to work around Interix deficiencies.
OK, well, if some gnulib-generated configure script enforces this constraint (no gnulib without suacomp) then there's almost nothing to on the findutils side apart from revert http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/findutils.git/commit/?id=107af5aa0cd8cb6551e12c3ed0c21066f0fbd19f, right? James.
