sascha 00/12/17 16:30:23
Modified: . STATUS
Log:
Add some discussion background for new build system
Revision Changes Path
1.13 +13 -1 apr/STATUS
Index: STATUS
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RCS file: /home/cvs/apr/STATUS,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -u -r1.12 -r1.13
--- STATUS 2000/12/18 00:05:24 1.12
+++ STATUS 2000/12/18 00:30:21 1.13
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
APACHE PORTABLE RUNTIME (APR) LIBRARY STATUS:
-*-text-*-
-Last modified at [$Date: 2000/12/18 00:05:24 $]
+Last modified at [$Date: 2000/12/18 00:30:21 $]
Release:
@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@
VPATH support). This means that config.status doesn't do the
right thing when you re-run it. We ought to revamp the makefiles
to do the right AC_SUBST stuff rather than depend upon rewriting.
+
+ Sascha: As the rewriter is a crude hack, I would not worry too
+ much about it. It is designed to go away once we have
+ a proper build system in place.
+
+ One of the perceived deficiencies of automake is that it
+ uses AC_SUBST too often, thereby slowing down the task of
+ generating Makefiles significantly, because it applies
+ dozens of substitutions to each Makefile. And why? Make's
+ built-in macro processing is much more powerful, and
+ combined with the include facility, generating Makefiles
+ becomes simpler and faster.
Documentation that needs writing:
