On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 17:28 +0200, Brandon Peirce wrote: > The proposal, as I understand it, is not to delete these 'obsolete' hints > entirely, > just to move them into the OLD/ subdirectory. > > It's a balance between keeping the info available for situations like > you describe (old systems essentially) vs. the confusion caused by > people with current systems following hints that purport to be valid > when in fact they are known to be obsolete or broken. > > I support moving them to OLD where they remain available for those > who need them. > > Whether they are finally moved to OLD or not, I still think that > Alexander's "2-line" analysis for each hint as to why it > is now 'obsolete' should be inserted at the top of each respective > hint. > > Brandon
hups ... shame on me ... faster typing than reading/thinking ... may be the old tips could be somehow sorted by kernel/glibc version ... -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
