Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> writes:

> On Aug 21 11:36:29, m...@mansr.com wrote:
>> Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> writes:
>> 
>> > ./configure: line 12902: 
>> > `AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS(-fstack-protector-strong)'
>> >
>> > I am probably missing some other library of M4 macros.
>> > Can we please replace these with the obvious
>> >
>> >   CFLAGS += ...
>> >   LDFLAGS += ...
>> >
>> > instead of using a library of macros to append an option?
>> 
>> No.  That macro also checks whether the flag is supported (yes, it's
>> badly named (no, I didn't name it)).  Just install the damn
>> autoconf-archive or run autoreconf on a Linux machine.  I'm not going to
>> jump through hoops to allow development on a system hostile to developers.
>> Same goes for Windows.
>
> Having to install a third party package to be able to
> add a string to CFLAGS (or whatever) is precisely what
> I would call jumping through hoops and being hostile to developers.

But it's not just adding a string.  I already explained that.  It's also
not a third-party package.  It's a companion package to autoconf.

-- 
Måns Rullgård


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