Re: gmake's config.guess is too old

[Richard Earnshaw <Richard.Earnshaw%arm.com@localhost>]

On 27/08/14 03:48, Matt Thomas wrote:
>
> On Aug 26, 2014, at 7:28 PM, Andrew Cagney 
> <andrew.cagney%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
>> In this specific case why is GPLv3 a problem?
>> config.guess and config.sub are standalone shell scripts that autoconf
>> based projects bundle.  gmake is one of them.
>
> The COPYING files says everything unless otherwise indicated is GPLv3
> so copying config.guess/config.sub from GPLv3 makes our GPLv2 gmake
> GPLv3.  Better safe than sorry. :)
>
> The point to is avoid any possible contamination.
>
>
>

I find that hard to believe.  GLIBC is GPLv2/LGPLv2.1, but still comes
with a GPLv3 config.guess.

IANAL, but it seems to me that config.guess doesn't write anything into
the program being built.  So it's mere aggregation.

R.


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