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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 3] Copy description of build configuration variables to configure.ac
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 18:47:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e8rbuk$je5$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7virm7nq7h.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net

Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Copy description of build configuration variables from the commentary
>> in the top Makefile (from 'next' branch) to configure.ac, splitting
>> them into "autoconf" sections.
> 
> I do not see much point in this -- they will become out of sync.

> [...] I think you are better off making a list of
> supported and yet to be supported ones in the comment in
> configure.ac, and when you want to see if the list got stale
> over time, grep for '^# Define' from the Makefile and match them
> up.

This is kind of such a list. Also let me point out that this was in _first_
patch of the series, as a kind of TODO list.

Perhaps those which are done, and those which are not implemented should be
marked differently... 

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git

  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-09 16:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-02 23:56 [PATCH 1] autoconf: Use autoconf to write installation directories to config.mak.autogen Jakub Narebski
2006-07-03  0:02 ` [PATCH 2] autoconf: Use ./configure script in git *.spec file Jakub Narebski
2006-07-03  0:13   ` Junio C Hamano
2006-07-03  0:29     ` Jakub Narebski
2006-07-03  2:09       ` Junio C Hamano
2006-07-03  2:13         ` contrib/ status Junio C Hamano
2006-07-03  8:06           ` Eric Wong
2006-07-03 21:04             ` Junio C Hamano
2006-07-04 21:56               ` Eric Wong
2006-07-06  7:14                 ` [RFC/PATCH] git-svn: migrate out of contrib Eric Wong
2006-07-07  0:20                   ` Junio C Hamano
2006-07-07 10:03                     ` [PATCH] " Eric Wong
2006-07-04 11:26           ` contrib/ status Jakub Narebski
2006-07-04 11:43             ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-07-03 11:05         ` [PATCH 2] autoconf: Use ./configure script in git *.spec file Jakub Narebski
2006-07-03 20:08           ` Junio C Hamano
2006-07-03 20:43             ` Jakub Narebski
2006-07-03  0:13 ` [PATCH 1] autoconf: Use autoconf to write installation directories to config.mak.autogen Junio C Hamano
2006-07-04 14:09 ` [PATCH 2, proof of concept] autoconf: Use %configure in git.spec, autoconf dependency only in rpm target Jakub Narebski
2006-07-06  4:16   ` Pavel Roskin
2006-07-07 20:06     ` Jakub Narebski
2006-07-08 21:07 ` [PATCH 2] Teach make clean about configure and autoconf Jakub Narebski
2006-07-08 21:07   ` [RFC/PATCH 3] Copy description of build configuration variables to configure.ac Jakub Narebski
2006-07-08 21:07     ` [RFC/PATCH 4] autoconf: Preparing the way for autodetection Jakub Narebski
2006-07-08 21:07       ` [PATCH 5] autoconf: Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics Jakub Narebski
2006-07-08 21:07         ` [RFC/PATCH 6] autoconf: Checks for some library functions Jakub Narebski
2006-07-08 21:07           ` [RFC/PATCH 7] autoconf: Checks for libraries Jakub Narebski
2006-07-08 21:07             ` [RFC/PATCH 8] autoconf: Checks for some programs Jakub Narebski
2006-07-08 21:07               ` [PATCH 9] configure.ac vertical whitespace usage cleanup Jakub Narebski
2006-07-08 21:07                 ` Comment on this series of patches (PATCH 2-9) Jakub Narebski
2006-07-08 21:20                   ` Junio C Hamano
2006-07-09  8:21     ` [RFC/PATCH 3] Copy description of build configuration variables to configure.ac Junio C Hamano
2006-07-09 16:47       ` Jakub Narebski [this message]
2006-07-09 20:43         ` Junio C Hamano

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