From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
List util-linux-ng <util-linux-ng@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13-rc1
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 18:38:53 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070706003853.GC3527@parisc-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070705213020.GB14825@petra.dvoda.cz>
On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 11:30:20PM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> > > > The package build system is now based on autotools. The build system
> > > > supports separate CFLAGS and LDFLAGS for suid programs (SUID_CFLAGS,
> > > > SUID_LDFLAGS). For more details see the README file
> > >
> > > And this is really dumb. autotools is a completely pain in the ass and
>
> Well, Adrian Bunk added autotools stuff to util-linux during his work
> on v2.13. This stuff has been fixed and stabilized in util-linux-ng
> v2.13.
>
> I'm not fanatical autotools protagonist, but it seems useful in
> util-linux. We will see...
>
> I'm ready to change or fix arbitrary thing in util-linux-ng, but I
> always need a real reason -- bug report, new feature, or so. This
> discussion is about impressions and feelings only.
No, it's based on long, hard and painful experiences attempting to debug
the fuckups that autoconf creates when it goes wrong.
--
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-06 0:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-03 22:11 [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13-rc1 Karel Zak
[not found] ` <20070703221156.GY14825-CxBs/XhZ2BtHjqfyn1fVYA@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-04 8:42 ` Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20070704084211.GA19128-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-04 10:34 ` David Miller
2007-07-05 16:41 ` Mike Frysinger
2007-07-05 18:04 ` Andreas Dilger
[not found] ` <200707051242.00625.vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-05 21:30 ` Karel Zak
2007-07-06 0:38 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2007-07-05 23:03 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-07-06 9:01 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2007-07-06 9:16 ` Jeff Garzik
[not found] ` <468E04D3.6080002-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-06 19:35 ` Joel Becker
[not found] ` <20070706193514.GO17650-bJAWT7hdKawdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-09 7:20 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2007-07-09 20:18 ` Mike Frysinger
2007-07-04 11:11 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-07-05 17:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-04 17:47 ` DervishD
2007-07-05 7:01 ` Nix
[not found] <8CYT9-4Ou-23@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <8Dh9k-8lT-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <8DtDz-3xC-15@gated-at.bofh.it>
2007-07-05 14:50 ` Bodo Eggert
[not found] ` <E1I6SfW-0002XG-AM-xEIfeyfbjTc@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-05 19:20 ` DervishD
2007-07-05 20:42 ` Nix
[not found] ` <87vecyeg5y.fsf-x0esd30BCtidcjFyoUV/Pg@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-05 20:55 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-06 6:42 ` Nix
[not found] ` <87zm2aav9h.fsf-x0esd30BCtidcjFyoUV/Pg@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-06 7:19 ` Mike Frysinger
[not found] ` <200707060319.36460.vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-06 22:43 ` Nix
2007-07-06 6:41 ` DervishD
2007-07-06 7:17 ` Mike Frysinger
[not found] ` <200707060317.35177.vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-06 10:43 ` DervishD
2007-07-06 12:17 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-07-06 12:51 ` DervishD
2007-07-05 20:36 ` Nix
2007-07-05 21:30 ` Mike Frysinger
2007-07-05 21:34 ` Nix
[not found] ` <878x9ucz6v.fsf-x0esd30BCtidcjFyoUV/Pg@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-05 21:47 ` Mike Frysinger
[not found] ` <200707051730.25776.vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-06 0:30 ` Bryan Henderson
2007-07-06 1:16 ` Mike Frysinger
2007-07-06 16:50 ` Bryan Henderson
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