Re: autogen.sh warnings

[Robert Millan]

On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 04:19:08PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Robert Millan wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 07:21:28PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 11:38:06AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>>>> configure.ac:176: required file `./config.rpath' not found
>>>>
>>>> The can be fixed by `touch config.rpath`
>>> configure does actually run this, so I'd recommend copying the file from
>>> gettext or gnulib instead.
>>
>> config.{guess,sub} are automatically updated.  Can't config.rpath be
>> handled the same way?
>>
>> In any case, this warning is harmless AFAICT.
>
> Yes, it is harmless, but removing it is just more professional.  I don't  
> have a problem with suppressing specific warnings if they have been  
> considered and found inappropriate.
>
> I'm pretty sure config.rpath only exists for ld.  There is is only used
> when linking an ELF executable with shared objects.  Since GRUB doesn't  
> create any libraries, then it is not appropriate.  An empty config.rpath  
> is not unreasonable in this case.

I wouldn't spend a lot of time with this.  If you think it's better to
remove the config.rpath warning, I don't mind.  If you find an easy way
to have autogen.sh update it, all the better.  I'd just like to avoid the
burden of perpetually updating this file by hand.

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