* On 17 Oct 2012, Moritz Barsnick wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 18:14:54 -0500, David Champion wrote: > > Comments? > > - Does this introduce a new dependency on python for building mutt? > - Would the build fail mysteriously if "python txt2c.py" fails? > Because of leaving an empty conststrings.c which would fulfil > the make rule's requirement: > > ) 2>/dev/null | python txt2c.py cc_version >conststrings.c > > I'm guessing conststring.o would build, but its designated symbols > would be missing at link time, and it wouldn't be too obvious to the > "user" (builder actually) where they should be coming from. Or do the > other $(BUILT_SOURCES) suffer the same problem as well?
The build would fail, because required symbols would be missing. It would be proper to detect python in configure.ac. See other response to David Laight - I'll willing to redo in C if people think this is problematic. It's why I asked for comments. :) -- David Champion • d...@bikeshed.us
