Hi Eric, > 2011-10-19 Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> > > + grantpt: only build pt_chown when needed > + * modules/pt_chown: Delete, merging into... > + * modules/grantpt: ...its sole user. Make building of pt_chown > + depend on an automake conditional. > + * gnulib-tool (func_get_automake_snippet_unconditional): Alter > + special-casing of pt_chown.c. > + * NEWS: Document the change.
I completely disagree with this change. grantpt and pt_chown live in different *programs*, link with different libraries, and are run at different *security levels*. It MUST be possible to write these as separate modules. In particular, your patch would make it impossible to build 'grantpt' in one directory and 'pt_chown' in a different directory (under the scope of a different gnulib-tool invocation). The --conditional-dependencies feature was designed to avoid hacks like this. Did you try to use this option? Does it not work? Bruno -- In memoriam Eduard Brücklmeier <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Brücklmeier>
