On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 12:55:06AM -0400, John Ericson wrote: > OK here we go: > > 1. https://github.com/ericson2314/gnu-config/commit/windows-mingnu.patch > 2. https://github.com/ericson2314/gnu-config/commit/windows-mingw.patch > 3. https://github.com/ericson2314/gnu-config/commit/no-windows-gnu.patch > > I tried to honestly argue for each of them the best I could in the > commit message. I know I prefer (1); I am guessing Jacob prefers (2), > and Po Lu prefers (3). > > Have fun, Dmitry :).
I'm inclined to remove windows-gnu from config.sub instead of renaming or canonicalizing it because, firstly, there is no GNU libc on windows, and, secondly, windows-gnu as used by LLVM means MinGW, but for that we already have mingw*, and we should avoid adding new canonical names for the same thing. We could add canonicalization of windows-mingw* into mingw*, but if nobody uses the former, why bother? At the same time, I'm inclined to leave windows-msvc as is because, unlike windows-gnu, it does exist, and the only one who objected against windows-msvc and suggested to canonicalize windows-msvc into winnt was Po Lu, but the arguments provided against windows-msvc were not convincing. -- ldv
