From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NNuzv-0001dm-MY for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:13:27 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NNuzu-0001bn-KK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:13:26 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NNuzp-0001TH-R9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:13:26 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34015 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NNuzp-0001Sy-LN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:13:21 -0500 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:38043 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 1NNuzp-0001Wk-Da for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:13:21 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NNuzo-0008So-3y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:13:20 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NNuzn-0003BU-8j for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:13:19 +0100 Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:13:19 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20091224211319.GE12122@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> <1260404737.2881.27.camel@fz.local> <4B208FAA.6020709@gmail.com> <1260440124.2890.5.camel@fz.local> <4B211FC5.3080404@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B211FC5.3080404@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, 24 Dec 2009 21:13:27 -0000 On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 10:20:21AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Felix Zielcke wrote: >> Am Donnerstag, den 10.12.2009, 00:05 -0600 schrieb Bruce Dubbs: >>> On the other hand, config.guess is used to get build_cpu and build_os >>> and I don't see that being used at all right now by grub. >> >> Well just after the part you quoted from me, I thought I made it clear >> that the output of config.guess is used as an argument for config.sub >> So you just need both. At least as long as autoconf doestn't get >> changed. > > Exactly. I originally said that config.guess was required by configure > even though the output not used. As you pointed out to me, config.sub > output is used. > > This all goes back to the overall build process. I've been thinking > about it a lot, but I'm not ready to offer any suggestions yet. What is exactly the problem? Our use of config.{guess,sub} is pretty standard, at least as far as invoking the scripts is concerned. -- Robert Millan "Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Gandhi