On 24 July 2012 21:56, Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Nathan -
>
> nathans wrote:
>> [...]
>> At this stage for 3.5.5 I'm looking for something simple, and would
>> prefer to pull in those changes (gcc/ld options) if we can.
>> Reworking configure this way may well be a good thing (it'd simplify
>> windows builds too, as I recall fighting autoconf there as well)
>> ... but a bit risky for a small bugfix release.
>
> (Technically, my proposed change would consist of nothing other than
> including a generated ./configure file in git, and removing direct
> invocations of autoconf from the few places it is mentioned. Not
> risky really, due to autoconf's compatibility.)
>
Problem is more around the other platforms - Solaris, Mac OS X, where
packages are built (today) with default configure options via "Makepkgs"
But, commit the change and I'll try a build on the platforms I have access
to - if it all works, then thats fine by me.
cheers.
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Nathan
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