From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NRTGo-0003gY-H0 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:25:34 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NRTGm-0003f0-GN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:25:32 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NRTGh-0003bo-En for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:25:31 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37391 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NRTGh-0003bh-BL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:25:27 -0500 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:49138 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 1NRTGg-0002Rh-W3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:25:27 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NRTGf-0001xJ-Cw for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:25:25 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NRTGe-0004zk-T0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:25:24 +0100 Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 17:25:24 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20100103162524.GC27698@thorin> References: <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> <20091224211319.GE12122@thorin> <4B397C97.90107@gmail.com> <20100101113333.GB3692@thorin> <4B3E2964.8000002@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B3E2964.8000002@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: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:25:32 -0000 On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 10:57:08AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > I thought about it, but I really don't have much experience writing for > autotools. AFAICT, it would require getting rid of all the ruby and > gen*.sh scripts and generally be very invasive. Well, yes. But it's something we can assume (btw note that most gen* serve a very specific purpose and wouldn't be affected in any way). > I think it would take many iterations to get an autotooled build system > right. BVK had some interesting ideas about using multiple configure.ac like other GNU projects (e.g. GCC) do. He said he was going to investigate this and try to make a prototype. If you want to help, perhaps it'd be a good idea to discuss it with him. -- Robert Millan "Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Gandhi