configure failure

Torbjorn Granlund tg-this-will-bounce-but-I-am-subscribed-to-the-list-honest at swox.com
Fri Dec 1 10:58:37 CET 2006


Paul Leyland <paul at leyland.vispa.com> writes:

  Good luck.  It can be non-trivial trying to install software which is
  designed around the paradigm that "every operating system looks like
  Unix".  To forestall the inevitable protests, I'll state that it can be
  non-trivial to work around the assumption that "everyone runs Windows". 
  I have personal experience in both camps and feel the pain of each.
  
Well, GMP is part of the GNU project, and is mainly aimed at working
with GNU.

It is just rude to say that it is designed using the paradigm that
"every operating system looks like Unix".

Is a Ford wheel designed as if every car looks like a Ford?

-- 
Torbjörn


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