Re: [lmi] 'build' and 'host' in wx configury [Was: To configure wx-2.6.2]

[Greg Chicares]

On 2009-02-11 15:35Z, Vadim Zeitlin wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:56:35 +0000 Greg Chicares <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> GC> On 2009-02-07 13:52Z, Vadim Zeitlin wrote:
> GC> > On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:24:11 +0000 Greg Chicares <address@hidden> wrote:
> GC> [...]
> GC> > GC> > Options to 'configure' are given here
> GC> > GC> >   http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/lmi/lmi/install_wx.make
> GC> > GC> > and seem generally unremarkable.
> GC> > 
> GC> >  Why use --enable-commondlg which is on by default there though?
> GC> 
> GC> I don't remember. Perhaps it wasn't on by default in the distant past?
> 
>  I'm quite sure it never was. In any case, it is safe to remove it now.

Committed 20090213T1244Z. But please consider:

http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lmi/2006-03/msg00024.html
|
| 1. With 'configure', it seems that '--enable-commondlg' must be
| specified explicitly. I got
|   #define wxUSE_COMMON_DIALOGS 0
| in '[my-build-dir]/lib/wx/include/msw-ansi-release-2.6/wx/setup.h'
| when I didn't specifically enable or disable it. That seems wrong
| according to '[wx-2.6.2]/include/wx/msw/setup.h':
|
|   // On rare occasions (e.g. using DJGPP) may want to omit common dialogs 
(e.g.
|   // file selector, printer dialog). Switching this off also switches off the
|   // printing architecture and interactive wxPrinterDC.
|   //
|   // Default is 1
|   //
|   // Recommended setting: 1 (unless it really doesn't work)
|   #define wxUSE_COMMON_DIALOGS 1

With wx-2.8.9 today, I observe similar behavior: the 'setup.h' file
still defines wxUSE_COMMON_DIALOGS as zero--whether or not I specify
'--enable-commondlg'. Removing that option had no effect, but isn't
the definition in 'setup.h' wrong?

> GC> +checking for i686-pc-mingw32-g++... /MinGW_/bin/g++
> GC> @@ -4569,0 +2855 @@
> GC> +checking for i686-pc-mingw32-ranlib... no
> GC> @@ -4570,0 +2857 @@
> GC> +checking for i686-pc-mingw32-ar... no
[...]
>  These should go away if RANLIB, AR &c are specified on the command line.

Committed 20090213T1253Z.