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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] profiles/default/linux: set gl_cv_type_time_t_bits_macro=no
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 15:54:46
Message-Id: CAJ0EP40HJJKk=MjqdoYQi3YMFEh0VMT6PmZ7tMQSym4twJrjjw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] profiles/default/linux: set gl_cv_type_time_t_bits_macro=no by James Le Cuirot
1 On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 10:35 AM James Le Cuirot <chewi@g.o> wrote:
2 > What will we do about other build systems? I worry they won't have a
3 > consistent approach for all projects.
4
5 We will have to deal with them as we discover them. I don't see a
6 magic solution for everything.
7
8 I suppose we could add a new profile var (eg. TIME_BITS) that ebuild
9 maintainers could reference to control this for non-autoconf/gnulib
10 build systems.
11
12 Also, if some common build system like meson adds automagic support,
13 we could override that in meson.eclass.