Simon Josefsson wrote: > > 2) Transfer this directory to a build machine (HP-UX, Cygwin, or > > whatever). > > Step 2 can be simplified by doing: > > ./configure > make dist > > since gnulib-tool already create a dummy configure.ac that > AC_CONFIG_SUBDIR include every gnulib module. Running this > ./configure takes a considerable amount of time, though.
Yes, this "./configure" of all modules takes a long time. Whereas the "transfer this directory to the build machine" task can be a simple 'cp' command or even a no-op, if you're using NFS. Bruno
