Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:37:27 -0400 From: "Steve Wills" <swills@FreeBSD.org> To: "Chris Rees" <utisoft@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: <8ab5fa8badd042e815b4e3c2ce70b117.squirrel@mouf.net> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83-5ah7znJkQpUg5BZac0roDBdkGt=MuEonfAakLz4xOaA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20130318174150.GN72627@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <CADLo83-5ah7znJkQpUg5BZac0roDBdkGt=MuEonfAakLz4xOaA@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 18 Mar 2013 17:42, "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? > > This could save literally hours on package builds... > > Very exciting, thanks for this work! Agreed, I like this a lot and will be testing it. Steve
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