Bob Atkins wrote:
> My money is that the fanatically 'correct' method will be implemented
> that will require hundreds of lines of code, possibly re-engineering the
> entire build process, introducing more problems and take a few more
> years to implement and release.

Well, I guess that's not your problem anymore... you have your patch
and it works for you and perhaps a few others as well. That's fine
for the time being.

Without knowing the impact of the generic approach you've taken
in your patch we simply cannot just apply it. If you can prove that
the patch doesn't break other platforms or configuration setups,
that would help a lot.