> >From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
> >Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 17:17:44 -0800
> 
> >On Mon, 18 Mar 1996 16:09:39 -0600 (CST) 
> > Scott Reynolds <scottr@Plexus.COM> wrote:
> >
> [I spewed:]
> > > > It's only manifesting on the hp300 because only the hp300 is using old
> > > > config.
> > > 
> > > Yes, but the argument is that it ought not to have manifested itself 
> > > _at_all_.
> >
> >Exactly.
> 
> OK.  This makes a bit more sense to me now.  Your point is that MI
> code should not depend on config-generated files, correct?

That's what i'd not take out of this.

I'd see it as:

People who are updating machine-independent code should do the right
things to make sure that it will work under both styles of 'config.'


There are a fair number of things that would be much harder to do
sanely, in a machine-independent way, without relying on
config-generated headers.


cgd