From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: [PATCH 2] autoconf: Use ./configure script in git *.spec file Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:43:39 +0200 Organization: At home Message-ID: References: <200607030156.50455.jnareb@gmail.com> <200607030202.55919.jnareb@gmail.com> <7vodw7zgt2.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vslljwiat.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7v4pxyqwn6.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Jul 03 22:43:33 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FxVGP-0006zd-0U for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:43:25 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751139AbWGCUnW (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:43:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751142AbWGCUnW (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:43:22 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:56266 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751139AbWGCUnV (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:43:21 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FxVGG-0006y9-Vh for git@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:43:17 +0200 Received: from host-81-190-27-124.torun.mm.pl ([81.190.27.124]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:43:16 +0200 Received: from jnareb by host-81-190-27-124.torun.mm.pl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:43:16 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: git@vger.kernel.org X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-81-190-27-124.torun.mm.pl Mail-Copies-To: jnareb@gmail.com User-Agent: KNode/0.10.2 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio C Hamano wrote: > Jakub Narebski writes: > >> As I see it, we have the following options with respect to autoconf related >> files and use of ./configure script >> >> >> 1. Use autoconf and ./configure script generated by it as optional way to >> configure installation process. Have configure.ac and config.mak.in in main >> directory of git.git repository. Do not use ./configure script in >> git.spec.in, i.e. do not apply this patch... perhaps put _patch_ in the >> contrib/. Leave changes to *.spec file to distributions, documenting it >> somewhere. >> .. >> I am partially to [*1*], if just because I wouldn't need to take care >> autoconf in git. > > I do not understand this "I wouldn't need to take care autoconf > in git" part. Sorry. Gah. It should be: "if just because there would be no need to have someone to take care that ./configure is up-to-date with respect to changes in autoconf files". Sorry for the noise. -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git