From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NIXE3-0004V5-LS for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:49:47 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NIXE2-0004UJ-LE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:49:46 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NIXDx-0004SF-L3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:49:45 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45675 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NIXDx-0004SC-Ex for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:49:41 -0500 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:42491 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 1NIXDx-0002tz-5x for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:49:41 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NIXDu-0003lS-UR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:49:39 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NIXDu-00042v-Dw for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:49:38 +0100 Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:49:38 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20091210004938.GA15546@thorin> References: <4B1D3D7E.5000909@gmail.com> <20091207192128.GG6439@riva.ucam.org> <20091209215253.GH7093@thorin> <4B20225C.40807@gmail.com> <1260398055.2881.14.camel@fz.local> <4B203295.2020102@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B203295.2020102@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: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:49:47 -0000 On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 05:28:21PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Felix Zielcke wrote: >> Am Mittwoch, den 09.12.2009, 16:19 -0600 schrieb Bruce Dubbs: >>> config.guess, config.sub, missing, mkinstalldirs, and install-sh are >>> only copied from /usr/share/automake- as a part of automake. >>> AFAICT, they are not used in GRUB. I'm pretty sure they are the same >>> on all architectures, but I could be wrong about that. >> >> config.guess and config.sub are used by configure. > > Called yes, and it will give errors if not present, but is the output > used? Looking at configure, I don't think so. Yes. All the checks that rely on ${host,target,build}_{os,cpu,vendor} variables use those. > P.S. Some may ask why I am putting so much into the warnings generated > by the build process. There are a few reasons. First, I feel that > persistent warnings tend to make developers ignore ALL warnings and that > makes it very easy to miss something relevant. Agreed. -- 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."