Re: [gpsd-dev] patches from pkgsrc: SConstruct

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Greg!

On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:15:28 -0400
Greg Troxel <address@hidden> wrote:

> "Gary E. Miller" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >> That's a matter of opinion about how that should work; tradtionally
> >> those are inputs to the build and should be respected (i.e., just
> >> added to).  But that's not the issue.  
> >
> > What to do is a matter of opinion.  But the fact is that using
> > CFLAGS and LDFLAGS currently breaks some of the gpsd scons modes.
> >
> > Overrides need to be used with care.  
> 
> Sure.  But packaging systems can pass -fstack-protector and other such
> things if those are configured on, and gpsd needs to override those
> with care too.  It's a hard situation with no clear answer.

As we already agreed, what to do is a matter of opinion.  Bbut the fact
is that using these breaks current gosd SConstruct in some modes.

> For a package that doesn't have heavy doc-building tools, the speedup
> is usually greater.

Whatever works for you.  Build is now so fast I don't notice it.

RGDS
GARY
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