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Re: Bug #251149: gcc wrapper for sparc is chronically broken



> > 
> > Make the login environment be sparc32 by default.  Doesn't that
> > solve the problem?  And for die-hard 64-bit people like me they
> > can undo this via some configuration mechanism.
> > 
> > It is one option.
> 
> That's probably too ugly for some ppl. Then we'll have to answer the
> question of "why does my sparc64 uname report sparc?".
> 

I would be willing to bet that most people will never look and those that
do will be competent enough to change whatever option is added to default
them back to a 64-bit shell, as long as it's documented well.

Jim.



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