Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:21:47 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Proposed rework of autotools call structure from port Makefiles Message-ID: <20050617012147.GA79443@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <42B21E9D.80709@FreeBSD.org> References: <42B21E9D.80709@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 05:51:41PM -0700, Ade Lovett wrote: > http://people.FreeBSD.org/~ade/autotools.html For people who don't understand the :env part of it, here is an irc-log of it: [Mavvie] ade: I don't understand the necessarity for the :env one, since it's only a configure phase issue and not a build phase issue. [ade] well, I need to be able to differentiate somehow between [Mavvie] or in other words, is there a reason why some ports need it during the configure phase. [ade] USE_AUTOCONF_VER= 213 [ade] and WANT_AUTOCONF_VER=213 [ade] yes [Mavvie] let me rephrase the question. [ade] grep for just those two across ports/*/*/Makefile [Mavvie] What is the reason why some ports need it during the build phase, but not during the configure phase? [ade] poorly written configure scripts [ade] and a lot of legacy [Mavvie] will they break when it is there during the configure phase? [ade] some software makes use of the tools, but patches 'configure' [ade] other makes use of the tools, but patches (correctly) 'configure.in', which is then autoregenerated [ade] yes, they break badly [Mavvie] aha. [Mavvie] so the best way would be to fix all files/patch-configures into files/patch-configure.ins [ade] right. which is a lot of ports. [ade] ie: very unlikely to happen [Mavvie] aha, okay now I get it. * Mavvie just needs to be on the right track. [ade] then you throw in automake [ade] where now you're going configure.am -> configure.in -> configure :) Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://weblog.barnet.com.au/edwin/
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