Re: [PATCH] {maint} distcheck: add support for AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS

2011-06-20 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Saturday 18 June 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On Wednesday 15 June 2011, Eric Blake wrote: [CUT] Here is the amended patch. Note that in the end I haven't made use of the version information I've asked Eric previously, since adding it would have broken the flow of discourse IMHO.

Re: [PATCH] {maint} distcheck: add support for AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS

2011-06-15 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On 06/15/2011 09:40 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On Tuesday 14 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 05:33:39PM CEST: I would suggest to at least discourage using this in the documentation. ... I agree, and I will make the change soon. Maybe I

Re: [PATCH] {maint} distcheck: add support for AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS

2011-06-15 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Eric. On Wednesday 15 June 2011, Eric Blake wrote: On 06/15/2011 02:18 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: On 06/15/2011 09:40 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On Tuesday 14 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 05:33:39PM CEST: I would suggest to at

Re: [PATCH] {maint} distcheck: add support for AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS

2011-06-15 Thread Eric Blake
On 06/15/2011 11:16 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Hi Eric. As for a valid use of AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS, the m4 package normally configures --without-changeword, but it is useful to have 'make distcheck' exercise the --with-changeword option to ensure that the code still compiles for

Re: [PATCH] {maint} distcheck: add support for AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS

2011-06-15 Thread Eric Blake
On 06/15/2011 11:31 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS is useful in situations when a plain ./configure is not meaningful to a source tree, i.e. when a source-tree mandatorily requires some configuration argument. Such a source-tree is violating GNU Coding Standards. a)

Re: [PATCH] {maint} distcheck: add support for AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS

2011-06-15 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Wednesday 15 June 2011, Ralf Corsepius wrote: On 06/15/2011 07:57 PM, Eric Blake wrote: On 06/15/2011 11:31 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS is useful in situations when a plain ./configure is not meaningful to a source tree, i.e. when a source-tree mandatorily

Re: [PATCH] {maint} distcheck: add support for AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS

2011-06-15 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On 06/15/2011 07:57 PM, Eric Blake wrote: On 06/15/2011 11:31 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS is useful in situations when a plain ./configure is not meaningful to a source tree, i.e. when a source-tree mandatorily requires some configuration argument. Such a source-tree is

Re: [PATCH] {maint} distcheck: add support for AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS

2011-06-15 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On 06/15/2011 11:56 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On Wednesday 15 June 2011, Ralf Corsepius wrote: In other words: IMO, automake is right in encouraging users to avod DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS, Actually, automake will discourage the use of AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS *by developers*, not of

Re: [PATCH] {maint} distcheck: add support for AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS (was: Re: bug#8784: Support developer-reserved AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS)

2011-06-13 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Friday 10 June 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Reference: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8784 On Thursday 02 June 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Severity: wishlist Hello automakers. Continuing with the good trend of avoiding to impinge on the user namespace, we

[FYI] {maint} news: update w.r.t. introduction of AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS (was: Re: [PATCH] {maint} distcheck: add support for AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS)

2011-06-13 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Monday 13 June 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On Friday 10 June 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Reference: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8784 On Thursday 02 June 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Severity: wishlist Hello automakers. Continuing with the

[PATCH] {maint} distcheck: add support for AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS (was: Re: bug#8784: Support developer-reserved AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS)

2011-06-10 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Reference: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8784 On Thursday 02 June 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Severity: wishlist Hello automakers. Continuing with the good trend of avoiding to impinge on the user namespace, we should start supporting AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS in