Re: git on HP-UX

From: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Date: Jul 6, 2006, 14:53 UTC
Message-ID: <1152197629.7720.10.camel@dv>
In-Reply-To: <200607060950.34558.michal.rokos@nextsoft.cz>

Hello!

On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 09:50 +0200, Michal Rokos wrote:

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> Hello,
> 
> I needed following changes in order to make git compile on HP-UX:
> +ifeq ($(uname_S),HP-UX)
> +	NO_IPV6 = YesPlease
> +	NO_CURL = YesPlease

Is there any fundamental problem with curl and IPv6 on HP-UX? I don't think so.

Sorry for using your path as a bad example, but the appearance of such patches is a perfect argument for a real configure script. If we continue patching Makefile, we'll drown in such conditionals. And the worst thing is, nobody without access to an HP-UX system will know why IPv6 isn't working there. Makefile will become a pile of code that cannot be easily verified for correctness.

Autoconf based tests can actually test if certain code can be compiled and linked. If HP-UX fixed IPv6, the test would enable it. If some genius manages to compile curl on HP-UX, http support will be enabled on that machine with no manual changes in Makefile.

I hope the Autoconf based configure is on its way to git, but I don't see in in the "pu" branch yet. I'm not very keen about reinventing Autoconf and hacking a hand-made configure script.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin