From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NIVSb-0005Cg-Bx for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:56:41 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NIVSZ-0005CC-Ra for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:56:39 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NIVSV-0005BV-1P for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:56:39 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53430 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NIVSU-0005BS-Sh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:56:34 -0500 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:36340 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NIVSU-0000bQ-Dr for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:56:34 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NIVSS-0003Tm-39 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:56:32 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NIVSR-0002WT-Ia for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:56:31 +0100 Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:56:31 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20091209225631.GA9442@thorin> References: <4B1D3D7E.5000909@gmail.com> <20091207192128.GG6439@riva.ucam.org> <20091209215253.GH7093@thorin> <4B20225C.40807@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B20225C.40807@gmail.com> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: autogen.sh warnings X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:56:40 -0000 On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 04:19:08PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 07:21:28PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 11:38:06AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >>>> configure.ac:176: required file `./config.rpath' not found >>>> >>>> The can be fixed by `touch config.rpath` >>> configure does actually run this, so I'd recommend copying the file from >>> gettext or gnulib instead. >> >> config.{guess,sub} are automatically updated. Can't config.rpath be >> handled the same way? >> >> In any case, this warning is harmless AFAICT. > > Yes, it is harmless, but removing it is just more professional. I don't > have a problem with suppressing specific warnings if they have been > considered and found inappropriate. > > I'm pretty sure config.rpath only exists for ld. There is is only used > when linking an ELF executable with shared objects. Since GRUB doesn't > create any libraries, then it is not appropriate. An empty config.rpath > is not unreasonable in this case. I wouldn't spend a lot of time with this. If you think it's better to remove the config.rpath warning, I don't mind. If you find an easy way to have autogen.sh update it, all the better. I'd just like to avoid the burden of perpetually updating this file by hand. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."