Re: [MiNT] gcc 4.2.2 patch

[J F Lemaire <jflemaire@skynet.be>]

On Monday 14 January 2008, p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk wrote:
> Quoting Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>:
> > p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk writes:
> >> Quoting Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>:
> >>> If you want a different name just specify it explicitly via
> >>> --build/--host/--target.  There is nothing wrong with putting the
> >>> release in the canonical name.
> >>
> >> Completely off-topic but the word "canonical" is used in American
> >> software literature and I have never worked out what they think it
> >> means.

> > Both regular and accepted fits quite well here.
>
> If that is what they mean then it doesn't add much to the meaning
> of the sentences. It may as well be left out.
>
> Sorry, I am one of those English pedants ;-) I'll go back to sleep.

Look up the Jargon file or foldoc for such computer-specific 
definitions. You'll get your answer.

JFL
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Jean-François Lemaire