On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Tony Houghton wrote: > I agree, but there's another big problem: autoconf. It runs far more > tests than most projects need (especially when using glib which takes > care of a large range of compatibility issues for you), and each run > takes longer than the actual compilation with a modest 4 core CPU. When > building roxterm I think I have to run configure 4 times: before making > a tarball with make dist, at the start of debuild before it can make > clean, then once for each version of gtk. On top of all that you often > have to run bootstrap.sh first.
Best file a couple of bugs about that on autoconf upstream: Please implement autoreconf -jX Please implement ./configure -jX -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caktje6e9hfbkqvzrqk41bgyf7qhxwh-xm2mya3puzggivsq...@mail.gmail.com
