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Re: Comment on this series of patches (PATCH 2-9)

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jul 8, 2006, 21:20 UTC
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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
> This concludes easiest part of autodetecting compile configuration
> using autoconf generated configure script. Patches needs revision by
> somebody better versed in autoconf than me.
Thanks.  Will take a look.
> About needing autoconf to build git:
>
> 1. Currently using autoconf is totally optional, so one can compile
> git as one used to earlier.

This should stay this way, at least for now and probably even after merging this into "master" someday (we need to get this in "next" first).

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> 2. configure script generated by autoconf can be treated exactly the
> same like html and man documentation generated by asciidoc: use
> separate 'configure' branch to store current version of configure
> script, and add autogeneration of configure script to the same hook
> like generating html and man documentation.

Actually my gut feeling on this is eventually (read: when the autoconfiguration is stable enough) we would want to do this the other way around --- keep only the generated configure script for public consumption, and interested parties can check out autoconf branch to hack on configure.ac and friends when needed.

But we haven't reached that point yet, so we will see.
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Message 31 of 34 in “autoconf: Use autoconf to write installation directories to config.mak.autogen”
  1. autoconf: Use autoconf to write installation directories to config.mak.autogenJakub Narebski, Jul 2, 2006
  2. autoconf: Use ./configure script in git *.spec fileJakub Narebski, Jul 3, 2006
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiJul 3, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2006
  6. contrib/ statusJunio C Hamano, Jul 3, 2006
  7. Eric WongJul 3, 2006
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2006
  9. Eric WongJul 4, 2006
  10. git-svn: migrate out of contribEric Wong, Jul 6, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2006
  12. git-svn: migrate out of contribEric Wong, Jul 7, 2006
  13. Jakub NarebskiJul 4, 2006
  14. Johannes SchindelinJul 4, 2006
  15. Jakub NarebskiJul 3, 2006
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2006
  17. Jakub NarebskiJul 3, 2006
  18. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2006
  19. autoconf: Use %configure in git.spec, autoconf dependency only in rpm targetJakub Narebski, Jul 4, 2006
  20. Pavel RoskinJul 6, 2006
  21. Jakub NarebskiJul 7, 2006
  22. Teach make clean about configure and autoconfJakub Narebski, Jul 8, 2006
  23. Copy description of build configuration variables to configure.acJakub Narebski, Jul 8, 2006
  24. autoconf: Preparing the way for autodetectionJakub Narebski, Jul 8, 2006
  25. autoconf: Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.Jakub Narebski, Jul 8, 2006
  26. autoconf: Checks for some library functions.Jakub Narebski, Jul 8, 2006
  27. autoconf: Checks for librariesJakub Narebski, Jul 8, 2006
  28. autoconf: Checks for some programsJakub Narebski, Jul 8, 2006
  29. configure.ac vertical whitespace usage cleanupJakub Narebski, Jul 8, 2006
  30. Comment on this series of patches (PATCH 2-9)Jakub Narebski, Jul 8, 2006
  31. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2006
  32. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2006
  33. Jakub NarebskiJul 9, 2006
  34. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2006

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