Re: dispatching

2005-02-21 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, > >> "awkward fit" because you are using Autoconf in an awkward way. > >> Using a tool an an un-intened way. > > > > It's really not that "unintended" IMHO. After all, Autoconf is all > > about generating a Makefile from a template (Automake-generated or > > handwritten) adjusted with some con

Re: dispatching

2005-02-19 Thread Roger Leigh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> "awkward fit" because you are using Autoconf in an awkward way. Using >> a tool an an un-intened way. > > It's really not that "unintended" IMHO. After all, Autoconf is all about > generating a Makefile from a template (

Re: dispatching

2005-02-18 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, > | Somewhere early during ./configure, the host type is checked. If it > is | GNU (Hurd), an ordinary build is prepared. (Checking libs, using > | automake-generated makefile etc.) However, if it's Linux, the > behaviour | changes completely: All the ordinary checks are skipped; > instead of

Re: dispatching

2005-02-18 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, > "awkward fit" because you are using Autoconf in an awkward way. Using > a tool an an un-intened way. It's really not that "unintended" IMHO. After all, Autoconf is all about generating a Makefile from a template (Automake-generated or handwritten) adjusted with some configuration options (p

Re: dispatching

2005-02-18 Thread Chris Albertson
"awkward fit" because you are using Autoconf in an awkward way. Using a tool an an un-intened way. Like sweeping a walkway with a beach towel when you have a broom nearby - it would work buy it would be a bit awkward. You would be making to much work for yourself and the result would not be as rob

dispatching

2005-02-17 Thread John W. Eaton
On 14-Feb-2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I'd like to know whether the following scenario is possible with | Autoconf: | | Somewhere early during ./configure, the host type is checked. If it is | GNU (Hurd), an ordinary build is prepared. (Checking libs, using | automake-gene

Re: dispatching

2005-02-17 Thread Noah Misch
On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 07:53:36PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > > > Somewhere early during ./configure, the host type is checked. If it is > > > GNU (Hurd), an ordinary build is prepared. (Checking libs, using > > > automake-generated makefile etc.) However, if it's Linux, the behavio

Re: dispatching

2005-02-17 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, > > Somewhere early during ./configure, the host type is checked. If it is > > GNU (Hurd), an ordinary build is prepared. (Checking libs, using > > automake-generated makefile etc.) However, if it's Linux, the behaviour > > changes completely: All the ordinary checks are skipped; instead of an

Re: dispatching

2005-02-16 Thread Noah Misch
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 10:06:21PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd like to know whether the following scenario is possible with > Autoconf: > > Somewhere early during ./configure, the host type is checked. If it is > GNU (Hurd), an ordinary build is prepared. (Checking libs, using > automake

dispatching

2005-02-14 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, I'd like to know whether the following scenario is possible with Autoconf: Somewhere early during ./configure, the host type is checked. If it is GNU (Hurd), an ordinary build is prepared. (Checking libs, using automake-generated makefile etc.) However, if it's Linux, the behaviour changes co

RE: More macro dispatching

2000-10-26 Thread Bernard Dautrevaux
> -Original Message- > From: Akim Demaille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 2:35 PM > To: APatche; Autoconf List > Subject: Re: More macro dispatching > > > > In order to properly implement the proposal of Alexandre (expr=fal

Re: More macro dispatching

2000-10-26 Thread Akim Demaille
In order to properly implement the proposal of Alexandre (expr=false when we can't trust it), more responsibility should be moved into Mash, in particular things like _AC_INIT_PREPARE_ENVIRONMENT. It is a good thing, it is independent from Autoconf and useful to any Mash project (understand `aut