Re: findutils on interix

[James Youngman]

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Eric Blake <address@hidden> 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.