What if it said "select the host platform [guessed]. To build grub-emu use the option --with-platform=emu"
It would just be a little long. --- On Wed, 7/14/10, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <phco...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <phco...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Patch] configure --help message for grub-emu > To: grub-devel@gnu.org > Received: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 12:31 PM > On 07/14/2010 05:23 AM, Jason Butler > wrote: > > Here is a patch to have configure --help print the > build instructions for grub-emu > > > > > I'm fine with the principle. However in your patch the > syntax of help > message seems unclear for me. Is it 2 sentences? If it's > the same > sentence as the punctuation suggests then it sounds like > "select the host platform for grub-emu" > I recommend asking someone with English native language to > fix this. > > > --- On Tue, 7/13/10, Colin Watson <cjwat...@ubuntu.com> > wrote: > > > > > >> From: Colin Watson <cjwat...@ubuntu.com> > >> Subject: Re: configure --help message for > grub-emu > >> To: "The development of GNU GRUB" <grub-devel@gnu.org> > >> Received: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 2:15 AM > >> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 06:59:10PM > >> -0700, Jason Butler wrote: > >> > >>> I want to alter the configure script so the > --help > >>> > >> prints the > >> > >>> instructions for building grub-emu. I saw it > was asked > >>> > >> a couple times > >> > >>> in #grub where to get it. I think this means > altering > >>> > >> the configure.ac > >> > >>> file but some open source projects generate > >>> > >> configure.ac from a > >> > >>> script. > >>> > >> This is rare; configure.ac is normally a source > file. > >> > >> > >>> Is configure.ac the correct file to alter? > >>> > >> Yes. > >> > >> -- > >> Colin Watson > > >> > > >> [cjwat...@ubuntu.com] > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Grub-devel mailing list > >> Grub-devel@gnu.org > >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Grub-devel mailing list > > Grub-devel@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > > > > > -- > Regards > Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
