Peter,
> > > Personally I don't consider requiring GNU tool installations to be quite
> > > the same as "portable", although its clear some do now.
> >
> > I think its pretty much accepted now that GNU installation tools are
> > the "standard" thing, there _are_ builds for just about every OS you'd
> > actually want to build things on...
>
> But the fact remains that GNU installation tools don't always work as well
> as "native" ones (I still have the scars from trying to get a gcc that
> worked reliably under Digital UNIX) and worse still are littered with
> extensions that are not part of the "language" (be that c, f77, or even
> make, sh etc.). Portability means sticking to standards, not a tool set.
Ah, right. I see what you mean, and I completely agree.
Norman
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