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* Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> You are expecting autoconf to actually do something sane when it runs??? |
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*rofl* |
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The point is: the way autoconf does its 'checks' is completely |
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insane - beginning with the expectation that an dumb script |
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is more clever than an operator ;-o |
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I've did a lot research in this area some time ago and came the |
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conclusion, that autoconf cannot be fixed - it's broken by |
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design. So I developed unitool: http://unitool.metux.de/ |
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It uses an system/target-wide config database which can be |
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either auto-generated or tweaked manually. |
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I'm currently in the process of redesigning the database scheme |
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to be more convenient and flexible and also allow several autoconf |
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macros (eg. AC_CHECK_HEADER, ...) to directly query that config |
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database. So autoconf can be easily rewritten to at least do a |
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large bunch of checks via that db instead of compiling test |
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programs. |
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If anyone's interested in it, please let me know. |
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cu |
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Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ |
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Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: |
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http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce |
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Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: |
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http://patches.metux.de/ |
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