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Re: [PATCH 2/2] build: don't duplicate substitution of make variables

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 11, 2012, 17:27 UTC
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Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> writes:
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> Thanks to our 'GIT_CONF_SUBST' layer in configure.ac, a make variable 'VAR'
> can be defined to a value 'VAL' at ./configure runtime in our build system
> simply by using "GIT_CONF_SUBST([VAR], [VAL])" in configure.ac, rather than
> having both to call "AC_SUBST([VAR], [VAL])" in configure.ac and adding the
> 'VAR = @VAR@' definition in config.mak.in.  Less duplication, less margin
> for error, less possibility of confusion.
>
> While at it, fix some formatting issues in configure.ac that unnecessarily
> obscured the code flow.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
> ---
>  config.mak.in |  49 --------------------
>  configure.ac  | 144 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
>  2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 117 deletions(-)
Whoa ;-).
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> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index 450bbe7..da1f41f 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ AS_HELP_STRING([],           [ARG can be also prefix for libpcre library and hea
>  	USE_LIBPCRE=YesPlease
>  	LIBPCREDIR=$withval
>  	AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting LIBPCREDIR to $LIBPCREDIR])
> +        dnl USE_LIBPCRE can still be modified below, so don't substitute
> +        dnl it yet.
>  	GIT_CONF_SUBST([LIBPCREDIR])
>      fi)
>  #
> ...
>  AC_CHECK_FUNC([hstrerror],
> -	[],
> +    [],

Is there some consistent policy regarding SP vs HT in the indentation you are using in this patch? These two hunks suggest that you may be favoring spaces, but other places you seem to use tabs, so...

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  2. 2/2 build: don't duplicate substitution of make variablesStefano Lattarini, Sep 11, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2012
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