From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Jackson Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 RESEND] build: add autoconf to replace custom checks in tools/check Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:56:16 +0000 Message-ID: <20281.20160.628074.801720@mariner.uk.xensource.com> References: <837570e539a114f47d8a.1326258829@build.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <837570e539a114f47d8a.1326258829@build.localdomain> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Roger Pau Monne Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Roger Pau Monne writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 RESEND] build: add autoconf to replace custom checks in tools/check"): > Added autotools magic to replace custom check scripts. The previous > checks have been ported to autoconf, and some additional ones have > been added (plus the suggestions from running autoscan). Two files are > created as a result from executing configure script, config/Tools.mk > and config.h. Thanks for this work. I'm just replying to give a status update: I haven't forgotten this. It depends on a new feature in the autotest machinery - which would involve it automatically running "./configure" as well as just "make". I have a number of other test system changes which are queued up beforehand, but this is on my list. Last time you posted this there was an objection that autoconf 2.67 isn't necessarily that widely available. Did you deliberately use any 2.67 features or can we have a less aggressive PREREQ ? Also, of course, this patch has rotted slightly and no longer applies to xen-unstable tip. When the test system is ready I'll email again and ask you to rebase. Does anyone else have any comments ? Thanks, Ian.