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Re: [PATCH] mingw: disable Python

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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Jan 8, 2010, 13:52 UTC
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Junio C Hamano schrieb:
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> Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@googlemail.com> writes:
>>> On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Johannes Sixt wrote:
>>>> (how do you undefine a Makefile variable?);
>>> How about
>>>
>>>        NO_PYTHON=
>>>
>>> in config.mak?
>> That doesn't work for me, at least not out of the box. NO_PYTHON is
>> still defined, it's just defined to an empty string.
> 
> I think Dscho is right.  "ifdef FOO" yields (and should yield) false if
> FOO is set to empty.

Indeed. Strange. It didn't work when I tested it a few hours ago, but no it works as you say. According to the docs, 'ifdef' actually does not test defined-ness, but emptyness. So, Erik's original version is fine:

Acked-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
-- Hannes
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Erik Faye-Lund
Message 8 of 9 in “mingw: enable NO_PYTHON”
  1. mingw: enable NO_PYTHONErik Faye-Lund, Jan 7, 2010
  2. Erik Faye-LundJan 7, 2010
  3. mingw: disable PythonErik Faye-Lund, Jan 7, 2010
  4. Johannes SixtJan 8, 2010
  5. Johannes SchindelinJan 8, 2010
  6. Erik Faye-LundJan 8, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2010
  8. Johannes SixtJan 8, 2010
  9. Erik Faye-LundJan 8, 2010

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