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Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping
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Earnie Boyd |
Subject: |
Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems |
Date: |
Tue, 21 May 2013 07:33:49 -0400 |
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Ben Elliston wrote:
> When it comes to people building distro packages, here is another idea
> thinking out loud. What's wrong with ..
>
> $ find /tree/of/src/trees -name config.guess -exec ln -sf /etc/config.guess
> {} \;
>
People forgetting about the symlink during distribution of their
package. Not all systems support it. Using cp -f would be better.
> This puts the latest version into the tree, no patching required.
I tend to use a sub module repository and have config.guess and
config.sub in a directory (build-aux/) and I tell autoconf via
configure.ac where to find it.
--
Earnie
-- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Pavel Raiskup, 2013/05/20
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Paul Wise, 2013/05/20
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Pavel Raiskup, 2013/05/20
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Paul Wise, 2013/05/20
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Ben Elliston, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Earnie Boyd, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Ben Elliston, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems,
Earnie Boyd <=
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Ben Elliston, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Earnie Boyd, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Ben Elliston, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Earnie Boyd, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Ben Elliston, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Eric Blake, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Eric Blake, 2013/05/21
Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh, 2013/05/20