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* Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> schrieb: |
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> it depends on the package. we really dont track what configure tests actually |
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> test since there's way too many. most packages stick to the C library. |
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That's one of the major design issues of the whole autoconf |
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ideology: too many (often obscure) tests instead of once sitting |
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down and designing proper library interfaces (eg. using empty/ |
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virtual libs where libc already provides the interface) or just |
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fixing broken libc's. |
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Little example, where I'm working on right now: coreutils and gnulib. |
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Imagine, these jerks not just collected hundreds of (sometimes really |
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broken) tests and workarounds instead of fixing the source - they |
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also collected them in another "package" called gnulib, which gets |
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fetched via git (from the current head instead of some release tag!) |
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and _copied_ into the coreutils source tree by some obscure |
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"bootstrap" script. Wow, self-modifying code. Violating all rules |
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of the very first semester in software engineering ;-o |
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Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ |
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phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weigelt@×××××.de |
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