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Re: Chicken/egg problem building from a 'git clone'

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 6, 2009, 05:36 UTC
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Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> writes:
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> Joi Ellis <gyles19@visi.com> writes:
>> Because there is no configure script provided, and because my autoconf
>> is considered too old, I simply can't start the build process because
>> I can't generate the missing configure script.
>
> Er, why don't you upgrade to a less ancient version of autoconf...?
Please do not encourage the use of configure/autoconf unnecessarily.

Our Makefile is designed to be usable *without* configure, exactly because configure/autoconf is often a maintenance (if not portability) nightmare.

Use of configure is tolerated, not encouraged.
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  1. Joi EllisFeb 6, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 6, 2009
  3. Joi EllisFeb 6, 2009
  4. Miles BaderFeb 6, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2009
  6. Miles BaderFeb 6, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2009
  8. Miles BaderFeb 6, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2009
  10. Miles BaderFeb 6, 2009
  11. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2009
  13. Joi EllisMar 1, 2009
  14. Björn SteinbrinkMar 1, 2009
  15. Andreas EricssonMar 5, 2009
  16. John TapsellMar 5, 2009
  17. Jeff KingMar 5, 2009
  18. Matthieu MoyMar 5, 2009
  19. Jeff KingMar 5, 2009
  20. Jakub NarebskiMar 6, 2009
  21. Matthieu MoyMar 6, 2009
  22. Johannes SchindelinMar 6, 2009
  23. John TapsellMar 6, 2009
  24. asciidoc, was Re: Chicken/egg problem building from a 'git clone'Johannes Schindelin, Mar 6, 2009
  25. John TapsellMar 6, 2009
  26. Jakub NarebskiMar 6, 2009
  27. John TapsellMar 6, 2009
  28. Björn SteinbrinkFeb 6, 2009
  29. Johannes SchindelinFeb 6, 2009
  30. Björn SteinbrinkFeb 6, 2009
  31. Daniel BarkalowFeb 6, 2009

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