Re: [MiNT] gcc 4.2.2 patch

[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.
>
> According to Chambers English Dictionary:
>
> "canonical adj
> 1 according to, of the nature of or included in a canon.
> 2 regular.
> 3 orthodox or accepted.
> 4 ecclesiastical."
>
> None of which looks likely in the context it is used in.

Both regular and accepted fits quite well here.

Andreas.

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