On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 01:46:45AM +0200, Ralf Hemmecke wrote:
> Unfortunately, I haven't realized earlier that not all the PACKAGE_*
> variables from configure made it into the Makefiles.
> Sigh, we don't use automake.
>
> Patch attached.
>
What do you want to do? AFAIK we do not propagate variables
that we do not use. We make rather limited use of autotools
because otherwise we would get considerable bloat. Basically,
tactic in autotools is to propagate everthing (using a buch
of templates), regardless if this is needed or not for
specific project. That leads to problems with run time of
build machinery. And debugging problems when something goes
wrong. In FriCAS considerable effort went into _removing_
useless parts. So, if you really need some variable, then
add and use it. But adding variable only because autotools
has it make no sense.
Concerning PACKAGE_ stuff, part of it is bloat forced by
configure, few are used to print messages. If you want
new message, then add all code needed to support it.
But ATM the patch look incomplete...
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