From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: iproute2: use automake Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:18:24 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20101116.121824.242115457.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20101116075851.0de8d177@nehalam> <20101116.094132.59704380.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: shemminger@vyatta.com, stephen.hemminger@vyatta.com, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@medozas.de To: jengelh@medozas.de Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:60393 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754409Ab0KPUSA (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:18:00 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jan Engelhardt Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:11:32 +0100 (CET) > * running make in subdirs is broken "It hurts when I do that" "Don't do it then" Or, alternatively, fix it in the infrastrucutre that exists, it cannot be so hard. Also, we're talking about a tree with a handful of files, a full make takes a fraction of a second, this is not a real issue. > * iproute2/arpd compilation fails if db_185.h, atm.h is not present > and > * people could not quite opt out building arpd when they are > fine with not having it Then make the detection better in the makefile and add the necessary bits, this is what the GIT and PERF makefiles do and it works just fine. I don't see GIT or PERF moving to automake any time soon to solve this kind of problem, yet it's the one most often metioned as a great feature of the tool. It's bloated, unnecessary rubbish. Jan, just stop wasting our time and fix the problems in the context which make sense. And that context isn't adding tons of unnecessary bloat to iproute2's build system. Alternatively I invite you to submit automake patches to both the git and perf projects, better wear your aesbestos suit!