On 3/27/11 6:19 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> i think it should die. otherwise, i imagine some people wont notice.
>> if they're installing by hand, they'll probably clobber the old files
>> (headers/static), and could possibly continue using the old shared
>> library. if they're installing via a package manager, the guy taking
>> care of that can easily include the patch so that the end person never
>> notices.
>
> some further thoughts ... i'm not aware of another package of the top
> of my head that has this behavior, and it hasnt been an impediment to
> their usage. plus, if people really want the "ignore the failure and
> do it anyways" aspect, they always have make's -k option available to
> them.
It's OK, you've convinced me.
--
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Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [email protected] http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
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