Followup to: <200001290338.AAA12473@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>
By author: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> lars brinkhoff <lars@nocrew.org> said:
> > Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com> writes:
> > > On 28 Jan 2000, lars brinkhoff wrote:
> > > > Why do I want this? Because I often build for an architecture which is
> > > > not the native one. Saving the architecture in .arch is more convenient
> > > > then typing "make ARCH=foo".
>
> > > How tough is it to edit the makefile? :)
>
> > Not tough, but I think it's easier for people to type
> > echo FOO >.arch
> > than to mess with the Makefile.
>
> To complicate life for everybody for the (very minor) convenience of a few
> tenths of a percent of users is way out of line IMVHO.
>
In what way does this complicate life for everybody?
-hpa
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