Re: Integrating the macros of the archive?

2000-02-23 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
e of value to a large population of software projects. I suggest that the selection criteria should be based on how many existing projects/developers find the macro to be of value. Bob ====== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

Re: warnings are errors?

2000-03-29 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
packages may have conflicting usage. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

Undefined variable in Makefile

2000-04-13 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
doing a 'make dist' for the autoconf package (no, it is not going on my ftp site). Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

Re: MANUFACTURER in canonicalization triple

2000-04-27 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
re is really no need to know anything more than the kernel version, the name of the distribution, the processor family, and the C library version. Once we eliminate all those annoying feature tests, then 'configure' will run a whole lot faster. Bob ========== Bob Friesenh

Re: Hiding some --xxxdir options

2000-05-02 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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[Autoconf] Macro to test for pthreads?

2000-09-17 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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Re: AC_PROG_CC not working

2000-10-10 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
the development community needs. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

AC_CHECKING failure?

2000-11-04 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
; 6(for ZLIB support ...) Is there a fix for this? Bob ========== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

Re: multi-lingual libtool gcc

2000-11-04 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
I do not believe that this is the correct way to fix the incompatability between CVS autoconf and libtool on the multi-language-branch (it should be fixed in Autoconf rather than libtool), but this is a patch to libtool that gets multi-lingual libtool users over the hump. If this was the correct

Re: AC_OBJEXT revisited

2000-12-20 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
of free software is developed in people's "spare time" and not as a work-related effort. Bob ====== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

Re: autoconf, sendmail, and pthreads

2000-12-21 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
with threads (while not using -mt), by following the same steps I described above for gcc. This allows both gcc and Sun Workshop to be treated the same. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

Re: autoconf, sendmail, and pthreads

2000-12-21 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
use -mt. Maybe I just guessed right regarding the library order. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

CVS Autoconf fails on libltdl configure.in

2001-01-15 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
When the development version of Autoconf is used to generate a configure script from CVS libltdl's configure.in this error occurs. configure.in:36: error: m4_require: circular dependency of AC_LTDL_SYMBOL_USCORE configure.in:36: AC_LTDL_SYMBOL_USCORE is required by... ./aclocal.m4:3382:

Re: RFE: configure - dependency list on exit.

2005-02-22 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
and the app can deal with that in some other way? Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing list

Re: RFE: configure - dependency list on exit.

2005-02-22 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
script developer) dependency. The failure is due to an indirect dependency. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org

Re: RFE: configure - dependency list on exit.

2005-02-22 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
package. Many configure scripts do this already. It may be that some additional autoconf smarts would help make this reporting more consistent. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer

Re: mmap test failing on cygwin

2005-03-20 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
in this macro. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/# GM_FUNC_MMAP_FILEIO # AC_DEFUN([GM_FUNC_MMAP_FILEIO], [AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdlib.h unistd.h

Re: Fwd: Re: [Mingw-users] Autoconf MSYS_PREFIX_HACK

2005-03-29 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
to survive any remaining configure script processing. The problem is not specific to the installation prefix. I have attached the script for reference. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer

Re: Fwd: Re: [Mingw-users] Autoconf MSYS_PREFIX_HACK

2005-03-29 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
for both. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org

Re: [Mingw-users] MSYS_PREFIX_HACK

2005-03-30 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
as they encounter spaces in paths. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http

Re: Fwd: Re: [Mingw-users] Autoconf MSYS_PREFIX_HACK

2005-03-30 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
for dealing with Win32 paths, but I'm sure that will not dissuade you from continuing to use it. The script has been working fine for over three years. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http

Re: Fwd: Re: [Mingw-users] Autoconf MSYS_PREFIX_HACK

2005-03-30 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
(e.g. using MinGW) it seems most useful to embed path information which is compatible with the operating system. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org

Re: AC_CHECK_LIB and C++ classes

2005-04-23 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
are used. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org

Re: Tricking AC_DEFINE to hide template?

2005-05-13 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
]) Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman

Re: RFC: Does hand editing of config.h make sense?

2005-05-27 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
by config.h. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http

Re: RFC: Does hand editing of config.h make sense?

2005-05-27 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
the user is able to add definitions, I am not aware of a way to remove definitions other than to edit the configured header files. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http

Re: is this a good way to use AC_CHECK_HEADERS

2005-06-03 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
. The substitution on the Makefile may be used to pass it to a CPPFLAGS definition. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org

Re: please correct my ugly hack

2005-06-03 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
may be different than if config.cache did not exist since (as far as I know) config.cache is not invalidated if config.site is newer than config.cache. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick

Re: is this a good way to use AC_CHECK_HEADERS

2005-06-03 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
overwrite it with whatever abbreviated version you like. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf

Re: autoconf and STL

2005-06-20 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
that features defined by the C++ standard actually work and only implement work-arounds when necessary. In most cases, compilation problems can be resolved with very minor (and portable) fixes to the code. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: enable/disable configure options for subpackages

2005-07-14 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
, you can duplicate the Makefile line that runs libtool and add a libtool option to disable building shared libraries when libtool is executed. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer

Re: enable/disable configure options for subpackages

2005-07-14 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
be used elsewhere. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http

Re: how to check callback prototypes?

2005-07-14 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
compilation? (the result: above should be no, not yes) Add -Werror to CFLAGS, that should do it. This approach only works with GCC and will cripple building most software. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

Re: Mac OS X library path woes / issues / complaints

2005-07-27 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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Re: creating a distro

2005-07-28 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
. Is there any way to do this? Use $(srcdir) and $(top_srcdir) to reference the sources related to the current directory, or the top directory, respectively. So you can use $(top_srcdir)/$(READLINE_DIR) Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: checking for specific versions of operating system

2005-08-23 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
into an I am using a somewhat modified version of this macro and it did continue to work with FreeBSD 5.4. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org

Re: checking for specific versions of operating system

2005-08-23 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
system, and the faster it will bit rot over time. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf

Re: Failure to use -lnsl on Solaris with AC_CHECK_LIB

2005-08-30 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
discovered, if not automatically by autoconf? I also see it picking up other libraries, too, like zlib. Is it somehow chasing library dependencies? Are you sure that Linux even offers a libnsl? I doubt it. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: autotools are persistent in using /usr/lib/libstdc++.la

2005-08-30 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
different versions of GCC don't always produce the exact same ABI and because template implementations may differ. As a result, all libraries used by the application should be based on the same version of GCC and the same libstdc++. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL

Re: Failure to use -lnsl on Solaris with AC_CHECK_LIB

2005-08-30 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
library is not present, then your application may fail to link. Unfortunately, there is no substitute for testing on a variety of platforms. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer

Re: kde moves to scons. The future of autotools?

2005-09-14 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
, then it could be much smaller, faster, and easier to maintain. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf

Re: kde moves to scons. The future of autotools?

2005-09-16 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Ralf Corsepius wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 13:52 -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Peter Volkov Alexandrovich wrote: The aim of scons is to replace gnu build system, but what are the weak sides of gnu build system? So far, scons is an exotic niche

Re: AC_PROG_CC_C_O doesn't work with VC++

2005-10-25 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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Re: question about whether to set CFLAGS in configure.ac

2005-12-01 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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Re: Tools under Windows

2005-12-09 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
the batch files and other stuff as well.) Does anyone know of a project that could help solve the problem? I guess, I am primarily looking for a non-intrusive cmd.exe replacement for Windows 2000 Pro. TIA, Ben == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: Install paths in config.h?

2005-12-16 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
) defines MyAppSharePath, in case you also want to use it in your Makefiles (e.g. to support install). Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org

Re: AC_CONFIG_HEADERS vs. AC_CONFIG_FILES

2005-12-19 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
be the standard language for scripts. Is that a problem? Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing

Re: Autoconf and CVS

2005-12-24 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
to disable automatic rules, and only the actual build maintainer enables maintainer mode. The other developers don't even need to have any autotools installed. This is the method used on one of the projects I maintain, and it works fine. Bob == Bob

Re: Autoconf and CVS

2006-01-04 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Stepan Kasal wrote: On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 10:26:10AM -0600, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: In some cases most of the project developers don't want to have anything to do with build maintenance. They just want to edit existing C/C++ source code. This is natural. But they might

Re: am files in CVS and MAINTAINER_MODE

2006-01-17 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
not be easily compiled in (or downloaded for) every modern target environment. Maybe things have improved since I tried last. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http

Re: debug builds with NO optimizations

2006-02-06 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
. The profiled build may use different libraries than the production build or it may use different startup files. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org

Re: debug builds with NO optimizations

2006-02-06 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
unnecessary configure tests, and even avoid recursive makes. The other obvious step is to purchase faster computers. The smart developer arranges his build environment so configure needs to be run as seldom as possible. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL

Universal Binaries

2006-02-16 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
of autoconf and will likely result in broken programs and libraries since the results of some autoconf tests are only applicable to the CPU type on which configure executes? Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

Re: Universal Binaries

2006-02-17 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
. It is possible to write software which is not subject to these issues, but it is by using preprocessor defines provided by the compiler/system and is not the autoconf way. Merging two different builds would be fine though. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: working toward the next release: freezing?

2006-03-26 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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Re: Solving the config.h nightmare ?

2006-04-22 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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Re: Solving the config.h nightmare ?

2006-04-22 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
scheme. Lucky for me, the header files only require four definitions, one definition is usually disabled, and another maybe could be elminated with a bit of work. Only one of those definitions (WORDS_BIGENDIAN) is from autoconf! Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL

Re: Solving the config.h nightmare ?

2006-04-23 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
magic to fix broken systems and keep the mainstream code more readable and standard, provided it can be done safely. Which it can if you're careful. Agreed. The other issue is that with an abstracted interface, performance can really suck. Bob == Bob

Re: Solving the config.h nightmare ?

2006-04-23 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
software will then be using tests which are possibly out of date as soon as the dependent package is distributed. While possibly solving some problems, the approach creates new ones. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users

Re: Solving the config.h nightmare ?

2006-04-23 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Daniel Reed wrote: On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: Agreed. The other issue is that with an abstracted interface, performance can really suck. Abstraction needn't necessarily have any impact on performance at all. You may be able to get by with something

Re: Solving the config.h nightmare ?

2006-04-23 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
. Other design approaches add abstraction, but they usually add a bit of run-time overhead as well. Some configuration options do need to be remembered by the installed header files. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users

Re: poor m4 hash performance

2006-06-04 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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Re: can autoconf determine if a preprocessor macro is defined or not?

2006-07-27 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
, a simple solution is to use code as you show above but define them all to have the value zero. This allows existing Unix code to compile without being hacked up. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

Re: config.guess comments from our sysadmins

2006-08-12 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
to match. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org

Re: config.guess comments from our sysadmins

2006-08-12 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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Re: proposal - command-line option checking

2006-12-14 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
and will surely accept different configuration options. A package maintainer may not know that his package is built subordinate to some other developer's package. This approach was historically used for the GNU tool set. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: proposal - command-line option checking

2006-12-14 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
to. They should never enforce that only options they know about are used. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org

Re: proposal - command-line option checking

2006-12-14 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
) And AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS should imply AC_DISABLE_OPTION_CHECKING and automatically add --disable-option-checking to recursive configure invocations. You are starting to make sense now. :-) Better all the time ... Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

RE: multiple inclusion guard for config.h

2007-01-20 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
their parent directory path. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org

Re: alignment boundary

2007-05-11 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
() to allocate some memory and see what the alignment of the returned address is: The malloc() function returns a pointer to a block of at least size bytes suitably aligned for any use. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users

Re: alignment boundary

2007-05-12 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
test could be interesting. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf

Re: Binary Version for Mac OS X?

2007-06-21 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
for Inno-Setup is that it is written in a language for which only proprietary tools exist. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org

Re: Binary Version for Mac OS X?

2007-06-21 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
. Since this is the Autoconf list, it is worth pointing out that GPL requires that any developer-level source elements for the build/install environment (e.g. configure.ac) be included with the associated package. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: beginner problem in Solaris

2007-07-16 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
yesterday by me and possibly I forgot to install something ??! :( Make sure that the /usr/ccs/bin directory exists and is in your shell's search path. If this directory does not exist or is empty, then you need to install a Solaris package. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn

Re: beginner problem in Solaris

2007-07-19 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman

Re: [Offtopic] Stories about Process Change

2007-09-05 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
avatar-based game development in Java, but they are simply not pertinent to the type of developers on this list. Maybe you can find a different list to post on which is more amenable to such surveys. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: conversion to git

2007-09-19 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
What is the purpose of converting to git? Is this a political statement (e.g. Linux GNU vs GNU Linux) or is there a concrete purpose? What is the cost vs benefit of the conversion? Who participated in the decision to make this conversion? Bob == Bob

Re: conversion to git

2007-09-19 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
in the open source community. Bob === Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org

Re: conversion to git

2007-09-19 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
right away. A package which installs just one stand-alone command is much easier to deal with than a package which installs 132 different inter-twined commands. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

Re: Configure specific to plugins

2007-10-12 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
symbols (e.g. Win32 AIX) all of the libraries necessary to resolve all symbols must be applied. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org

Re: Mac OS X Leopard and conftest.dSYM directories

2007-11-11 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
in their sources, but this does seem unlikely). I think that it is wise to not make unnecessary assumptions and to use the safer approach, particularly since it is so easy to do so. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

Re: NFS--mounted builddirs and detecting clock skew

2007-11-21 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
to the wandering clock problem. If I am not imagining things, I have seen configure complain about clock problems before so perhaps there is already a sanity check in place. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

Re: NFS--mounted builddirs and detecting clock skew

2007-11-21 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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Re: Check for m4

2007-12-06 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
outside the source tree to allow doing builds on both Linux and Solaris. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org

Re: pthreads

2008-01-29 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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Re: pthreads

2008-01-29 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
in your package that it then includes source components which are GPL even if the built package is not GPL. You might be required to provide notice of that. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick

Re: Feature Request: Administrator Install

2008-02-06 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
-lumem -lpthread == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http

Re: Which variable expands to /var?

2008-02-08 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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Re: Which variable expands to /var?

2008-02-08 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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Re: autoconf hangs due to autom4te.cache and NFS problem on AIX

2008-02-23 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
this problem somehow. It may be that there is a race condition in the autoconf script which causes a locked file to be removed while an autoconf-initiated process is still using it, and that this sub-process then hangs. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: Negation semantics for LD_FLAGS?

2008-03-21 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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Re: how to specify flags without having them in the command line call to ./configure?

2008-03-23 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
. Perhaps it will give you some ideas. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ # config.site for configure # echo 'Applying settings for 32-bit build

AC_C_LONG_DOUBLE is obsolescent.

2008-04-09 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
is obsolescent? Thanks, Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http

Re: AC_C_LONG_DOUBLE is obsolescent.

2008-04-09 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Eric Blake wrote: According to Bob Friesenhahn on 4/9/2008 12:35 PM: | I am confused since I don't see how the usefullness of this test can be | obsolescent. The test was merely whether compilers support the type 'long double'; as all modern compilers obey this part

Re: AC_C_LONG_DOUBLE is obsolescent.

2008-04-09 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
clock driver is also distributed in relinkable form so an arbitrary user could re-link xntp. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org

Re: AC_C_LONG_DOUBLE is obsolescent.

2008-04-09 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
no need for it. If 'long double' provides no more range than 'double' then there is no benefit to using it. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org

Re: AC_C_LONG_DOUBLE is obsolescent.

2008-04-09 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
but if it is used, then source code modifications are required. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org

Re: Question about CFLAGS

2008-04-16 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
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Re: Question about CFLAGS

2008-04-16 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
$@ With this approach, there is less chance that a bug in the package will mess things up. It makes building 64-bit apps as easy as adding --prefix=/usr/local64. A huge time-saver. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen

AC_OPENMP, default off

2008-05-10 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
without creating a modified version of the macro and without adding another option to the configure script? Thanks, Bob == Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http

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