From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Miguel Sousa Filipe" Subject: Re: [patch 1/5] btrfs-progs: convert to autotools Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:09:06 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20080613200906.180149089@suse.com> <20080613201007.641785953@suse.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "Chris Mason" , "Btrfs Development List" To: "Jeff Mahoney" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080613201007.641785953@suse.com> List-ID: Hi all! On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Jeff Mahoney wrote: > This patch converts the btrfs-progs build system from a single Makefile > to the autotools suite. > > The advantages are: > Easier construction of Makefiles > Easier to breakout the source into separate directories for easier management > Easier to build shared libraries automatically > Automatic checking for optional libraries, like libext2fs for btrfs-convert > Automatic infrastructure for installing and testing > > The caveats are: > Opinions on autotools are... mixed. > make C=1 no longer works, but is replaced by make check. Please make this optional.. I would really prefer the simple makefile that it has now.. If the proposed advantages are a wanted feature, I would gladly try to supply patches for the makefile to support them.. Just to keep it away from autotool hell. Kind regards -- Miguel Sousa Filipe