I don't know how widespread gmake is, but I certainly don't want Python to be dependent on GNU tools exclusively. You don't have to use GCC to compile it. (Autoconfig is a different story, it only is needed when config.inchanges. Similar, readline is optional.)
--Guido On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Jesus Cea <j...@jcea.es> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Working in the DTRACE probes, I think I can simplify the build logic > quite a bit using the GNU Makefile conditional execution: > <https://www.gnu.org/s/hello/manual/make/Conditional-Syntax.html>. > > In concrete, I have object files that must be compiled and linked, or > not, according to a "configure" test result. > > But currently I think we are not using these features. Maybe because > we don't want to force the use of GMAKE, I don't know. > > If this is a policy, I would like to know. > > And if somebody has a suggestion to cope with this difficulty... > > - -- > Jesus Cea Avion _/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ > j...@jcea.es - http://www.jcea.es/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ > jabber / xmpp:j...@jabber.org _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ > . _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ > "Things are not so easy" _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ > "My name is Dump, Core Dump" _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ > "El amor es poner tu felicidad en la felicidad de otro" - Leibniz > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQCVAwUBTuPrqZlgi5GaxT1NAQIRmQP/ebIcya/xg/lCTXPd6QyaBaFxrhL6jLiP > osKeklCSH/aw6tt6v1lK7XgPf8HBEU11KGBmL4xJUsVcDExkNb3Mdu3bSW4Gb5ao > Ep1PxvEWLxa/yVkKuvgdBpvdCoxibhNLfGgVTj08ZE18o9tGbhNKS6EN94uAQJT9 > ZASlf8baOss= > =5lr+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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