From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13-rc1 Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 18:38:53 -0600 Message-ID: <20070706003853.GC3527@parisc-linux.org> References: <20070703221156.GY14825@petra.dvoda.cz> <20070704084211.GA19128@infradead.org> <200707051242.00625.vapier@gentoo.org> <20070705213020.GB14825@petra.dvoda.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Mike Frysinger , Christoph Hellwig , List util-linux-ng , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org To: Karel Zak Return-path: Received: from palinux.external.hp.com ([192.25.206.14]:34911 "EHLO mail.parisc-linux.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758603AbXGFAiy (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jul 2007 20:38:54 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070705213020.GB14825@petra.dvoda.cz> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org 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."