Re: gmake's config.guess is too old

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2014, Matt Thomas wrote:
> Remember, gmake lives under external/bsd/gpl2 which is expected 
> to have all files under GPLv2.  Putting a GPLv3 file in there 
> would break expectations.

We could put config.guess into external/gpl3, and let the gmake 
build from external/gpl2 somehow reach over to run it.

We'd also need assurance that the GPL3 licence wouldn't 
contaminate the resulting objects and executables.  The FSF added 
a licence exception for GNU bison, allowing it to be used as part 
of the build for non-GPL software.  They might be willing to do 
something similar for config.guess, or provide a statement that 
it's already allowed without needing a licence exception.

--apb (Alan Barrett)