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Re: On overriding make variables from the environment...

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 18, 2018, 12:49 UTC
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SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com> writes:
> So, then it's either 'config.mak', or passing a 'CC=$CC' argument to
> _all_ make commands, including those that are not supposed to build
> anything, but only run the tests.  I find the latter aesthetically not
> particularly pleasing.

The config.mak file is available for individual builder-testers to customize their build, and in the context of this discussion, I think the CI builder is just one particular individual who happens to be non human. If it is easy to throw suitable settings from within the CI configuration .yaml files into config.mak, I'd think that is exactly how the mechanism was invented to be used, so...

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  1. SZEDER GáborOct 16, 2018
  2. Jonathan NiederOct 16, 2018
  3. SZEDER GáborOct 16, 2018
  4. Jonathan NiederOct 16, 2018
  5. SZEDER GáborOct 17, 2018
  6. Johannes SchindelinOct 18, 2018
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 18, 2018
  8. 0/5 travis-ci: build with the right compilerSZEDER Gábor, Dec 20, 2018
  9. 1/5 compat/obstack: fix -Wcast-function-type warningsSZEDER Gábor, Dec 20, 2018
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 20, 2018
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 10, 2019
  12. SZEDER GáborJan 11, 2019
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2019
  14. SZEDER GáborJan 11, 2019
  15. SZEDER GáborJan 15, 2019
  16. Jonathan NiederJan 16, 2019
  17. SZEDER GáborJan 17, 2019
  18. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2019
  19. 2/5 .gitignore: ignore external debug symbols from GCC on macOSSZEDER Gábor, Dec 20, 2018
  20. 3/5 travis-ci: don't be '--quiet' when running the testsSZEDER Gábor, Dec 20, 2018
  21. 5/5 travis-ci: build with the right compilerSZEDER Gábor, Dec 20, 2018
  22. Johannes SchindelinJan 3, 2019
  23. 4/5 travis-ci: switch to Xcode 10.1 macOS imageSZEDER Gábor, Dec 20, 2018
  24. 0/5 travis-ci: build with the right compilerSZEDER Gábor, Jan 17, 2019
  25. 1/5 compat/obstack: fix -Wcast-function-type warningsSZEDER Gábor, Jan 17, 2019
  26. 2/5 .gitignore: ignore external debug symbols from GCC on macOSSZEDER Gábor, Jan 17, 2019
  27. 3/5 travis-ci: don't be '--quiet' when running the testsSZEDER Gábor, Jan 17, 2019
  28. Johannes SchindelinJan 17, 2019
  29. 4/5 travis-ci: switch to Xcode 10.1 macOS imageSZEDER Gábor, Jan 17, 2019
  30. 5/5 travis-ci: build with the right compilerSZEDER Gábor, Jan 17, 2019
  31. Johannes SchindelinJan 17, 2019
  32. SZEDER GáborJan 17, 2019
  33. Johannes SchindelinJan 18, 2019

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