Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:22:03 +0200 From: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, autotools@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] add a config.site cache for the ports Message-ID: <CA%2B7WWSe6fmbcgkTcSQJLaYjP5p4tGMd8oRCyiac%2B3v_7aG6xnQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1u-M-CMsVhsLnV=KXBorbLr1PGvXzTEWUxJP1tzaArBxA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20130318174150.GN72627@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <CAN6yY1u-M-CMsVhsLnV=KXBorbLr1PGvXzTEWUxJP1tzaArBxA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> The autotools allows us to have a config.site cache where we define our >> defaults >> values for a couple of things, and prevent the "slow" and possibly wrong >> autodetection. >> >> Here is a patch that makes use of it: >> http://people.freebsd.org/~bapt/autotools_config_site.diff >> >> As the libiconv/gettext update has shown the configure scripts can fall >> back on >> gnu version of commands first if it find it, and in case gettext is >> removed you >> can get trouble. >> >> In this config.site, I hardcoded a couple of FreeBSD binaries in order to >> always >> use them, but I let the toolchain being autodetected. >> >> I also added a couple of headers to avoid useless checks and more can be >> added >> in the futur. >> >> Any thought? >> > > If this can be made to work reliably with provisions for exceptions, this > would be absolutely wonderful! > -- Yes please.
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