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Subject: Re: Update config.guess to treat cygwin 1.7 as new system name
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:02:25PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> I don't see any benefits to appending the cygwin version number to
> the triplet.  That just makes extra typing.  So what if there is new
> functionality?  That's what configure is supposed to determine.

That is generally my preference, too.  People get all hung up on
version numbers.

> What other systems emit version numbers after the OS name?

Solaris.

I think I agree with you, Chris.  I don't think the version number
should be appended if at all possible.  It discourages people from
writing proper feature tests.

Cheers, Ben


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