() Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu> () Sat, 24 Jan 2015 13:21:50 -0800
Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:
> - Is there any way to get "./configure --help" to output:
>
> --disable-threads build without multithread safety (default)
Without having looked at it, I suspect you need to change
Gnulib to do that. It sounds like a worthwhile change.
Hmm, the initial comments in threadlib.m4 suggest another way to
obtain the "disable by default" state. So, this:
AC_DEFUN([gl_THREADLIB_DEFAULT_NO],[]) dnl hmmmmmmm
gl_EARLY
gl_INIT
is also valid, and as a bonus, omits the "--disable-threads"
line in the "./configure --help" output completely. Cool.
Thus, my doubts now shift from implementation to design:
- Why are there two methods?
- What is the preferred method? (Why?)
- What would be a good scenario to use the non-preferred method?
- (if answer to "why two methods" is "it was a mistake")
What are the long-term plans to rectify?
If i can get authoritative answers to these questions, i'm
willing to summarize them, and contribute to gnulib a @(sub-)
section of texinfo, so the last question is: Would gnulib accept
such a contribution?
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