Re: portability of xargs

2022-02-14 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Tuesday 2022-02-15 07:16, Daniel Herring wrote: > > Maybe a next-generation configuration tool should start by defining interfaces > for user interactions and build tools. This would allow CLI and easy GUI and > IDE users, integration with multiple build systems, static and dynamic >

Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems

2013-05-21 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Tuesday 2013-05-21 07:33, Pavel Raiskup wrote: Works for me. But we [distros] do want to mandate autoreconf anyway in the general case: it is the *only* way to keep upstream honest about the much hated build system not bitrotting until it decides to blow up right when we need it for a

Re: Need for --build with --host when cross-compiling ?

2013-02-12 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Tuesday 2013-02-12 12:19, Yann Droneaud wrote: Le mardi 05 février 2013 à 19:15 +0100, Jan Engelhardt a écrit : On Sunday 2013-02-03 10:49, Yann Droneaud wrote: So to create a valid --build argument, I was going to use --build=`uname -p`-`uname -s` but its producing 'x86_64-Linux' which

Re: Need for --build with --host when cross-compiling ?

2013-02-05 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Sunday 2013-02-03 10:49, Yann Droneaud wrote: I tried to explain the reasonning behind those patches in the following thread: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/config-patches/2013-02/msg2.html Those patches are to be used as part of a kind of a workaround for the need to give a --build

ac 2.68 - AC_LANG_SOURCE

2011-04-02 Thread Jan Engelhardt
I have seen the thread at http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-autoconf@gnu.org/msg03051.html already, though there is a case where the warning persists: configure.ac:4: warning: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: no AC_LANG_SOURCE call detected in body ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:194: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded

AC_PROG_INSTALL does not trigger install-sh availability

2010-09-14 Thread Jan Engelhardt
Hi, using a configure.ac file with just four lines: AC_INIT([foo], [1]) AC_PROG_INSTALL AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) AC_OUTPUT I can produce a configure script by running `autoreconf -fi`, however, running the then-created ./configure leads to: configure: error: cannot find install-sh,

Re: 32-bit/64-bit builds on Solaris

2009-04-18 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Saturday 2009-04-18 19:21, Monty Taylor wrote: Solaris on Sparc supports both 32 and 64 bit binaries, with builds defaulting to 32-bit. (Thanks backwards compatibility for proprietary software!) On SPARC, choosing 32-bit is an architectural decision rather than a software or political one.

Re: including autoconf paths in source

2008-12-20 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Saturday 2008-12-20 19:57, Monty Taylor wrote: This is what we've been doing so far. It's not terrible, but it does make for a rather long and ugly command line. While there are no response files as there were for DOS compilers (because of the limited command line length), you can use:

Testing for compiler capabilities

2006-08-22 Thread Jan Engelhardt
Hello, is there a simple macro that will test for a specific compiler flag and set a variable in both Makefile and config.h? I am looking for an easy way to test for GCC's -fvisibility=hidden and have an indicator whether or not it is available in said files. Thanks, Jan Engelhardt