Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2000 11:49:59 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
X-Sender:	eliz AT is
To:	pavenis AT lanet DOT lv
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: make depend
In-Reply-To:	<B0000116380@stargate.astr.lu.lv>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.1000119114743.9609P-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0
Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Errors-To:	dj-admin AT delorie DOT com
X-Mailing-List:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
X-Unsubscribes-To:	listserv AT delorie DOT com

On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 pavenis AT lanet DOT lv wrote:

> > The main objection is this: the ANSI Standard says that a program
> > which doesn't include any header files should still have the same
> > behavior as when it does.
> 
> I think such goal is not reachable.

Perhaps not in 100%, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't try.

> It was also said that removal such definition (DJGPP_MINOR at 
> compiler startup) should cause hard to debug problems. Here is simple
> (and easy to use) rule that would force GCC to emit errors on such 
> problems (for us to be able to fix them):

The case was with programs that were ported *before* v2.03.  What you 
suggest is reasonable, but it doesn't help for old code.

- Raw text -