Re: config.guess and freedom (was: 1.8 and mkdir_p)

2004-01-08 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 11:53, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > Ralf Corsepius wrote: > | Sorry for having to say this, but IMO, configure scripts relying on > | config.guess'ed values are "badly designed and fundamentally flawed". > > It's a pity you think that. I always found libtool to be rather useful

Re: config.guess and freedom

2004-01-08 Thread Gary V . Vaughan
On Thursday, January 8, 2004, at 04:32 pm, Ralf Corsepius wrote: Wrt. your example: You are supporting aix3*. Now IBM renames AIX to something else or changes some fundamental characteristics of their OS without changing the $host_os. All you can do is to extend, extend and extend your "case". Agr

Re: config.guess and freedom (was: 1.8 and mkdir_p)

2004-01-08 Thread Bruno Haible
Harlan Stenn wrote (meaning "Linux distribution" when he writes "OS"): > help tool maintainers make choices > about how things that are hard to find out otherwise (like OS-based > choices). > ... > everybody who wants to make OS-level decisions has to code their own tests > to figure out the OS nam

Re: CYBQEST, disappearance of likhodeev

2004-01-08 Thread Myers Whitney
Free Cable%RND_SYB TV dysplasia taxiway china golden convention proponent chant balboa puddle gem discovery peafowl bertram automat profess footage philanthrope blueprint appalachia rooky thence lebensraum slavery fiend

Re: config.guess and freedom

2004-01-08 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 16:42, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ralf Corsepius wrote: > | I don't know how libtool applies config.guess and if/how my > | problems with libtool are connected to config.guess'ing. > > Here is a short (but not atypical) examp

Re: %RND_UC_CHAR[2-8], rimsky had been

2004-01-08 Thread Amie Kearney
Free CableTV!No more pay!%RND_SYB ferrule urbane castle spew apocalyptic loren jensen cameron pascal armload brainstorm wry cub beacon considerate junco gunman altercate ac elapse aldrich endow con adjective dew ecumenic clearwater cheerlead phraseology choctaw congo bye alloy alexandre bread

Re: config.guess and freedom (was: 1.8 and mkdir_p)

2004-01-08 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ralf Corsepius wrote: | Sorry for having to say this, but IMO, configure scripts relying on | config.guess'ed values are "badly designed and fundamentally flawed". It's a pity you think that. I always found libtool to be rather useful. Cheers, - -- Ga

Re: Question about common_files

2004-01-08 Thread Lars Hecking
> Lars> Not that I'm complaining about this, just want to know > Lars> what's going on :) > > The keyword is AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR. Excellent. Thanks Alexandre and Eric!