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From: Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [Bug 89729] configure always print a warning message about possibly mistaking build system type
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:13:14
Message-Id: 200504202313.07897.jstubbs@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [Bug 89729] configure always print a warning message about possibly mistaking build system type by Paul Varner
1 On Wednesday 20 April 2005 23:04, Paul Varner wrote:
2 > On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 09:52 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 > > On Wednesday 20 April 2005 08:27 am, Harald van Dijk wrote:
4 > > > Perhaps
5 > > > make.conf.example (that's provided by portage, right?) should include
6 > > > CBUILD, assuming it doesn't cause problems?
7 > >
8 > > i'm afraid the possibility of users botching this makes it not worth the
9 > > effort
10 > >
11 > > better to keep the definition of CBUILD 'hidden' from most eyes
12 >
13 > As a user, I had the same thought. Why not have portage set it
14 > appropriately unless the user has explicitly defined it? That of course
15 > is making the assumption that someone who has explictly set the CBUILD
16 > variable knows what they are doing, since they had to go through the
17 > trouble of learning about it and the fact that they could set it.
18
19 Already done about an hour ago. :)
20
21 Regards,
22 Jason Stubbs
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