Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 20 May 2001 06:10:58 +0200 (CEST) | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Subject | Re: Brown-paper-bag bug in m68k, sparc, and sparc64 config files |
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On Sat, 19 May 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> This bug unconditionally disables a configuration question -- and it's > so old that it has propagated across three port files, without either > of the people who did the cut and paste for the latter two noticing it. > > This sort of thing would never ship in CML2, because the compiler > would throw an undefined-symbol warning on BLK_DEV_ST. The temptation > to engage in sarcastic commentary at the expense of people who still > think CML2 is an unnecessary pain in the butt is great. But I will > restrain myself. This time.
Erm.. if this bug is _that old_ and nobody noticed, isn't the right fix to just delete the dead option?
-Mike
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