Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:17:48 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, autotools@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] add a config.site cache for the ports Message-ID: <CAN6yY1u-M-CMsVhsLnV=KXBorbLr1PGvXzTEWUxJP1tzaArBxA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130318174150.GN72627@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <20130318174150.GN72627@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>wrote: > Hi, > > The autotools allows us to have a config.site cache where we define our > defaults > values for a couple of things, and prevent the "slow" and possibly wrong > autodetection. > > Here is a patch that makes use of it: > http://people.freebsd.org/~bapt/autotools_config_site.diff > > As the libiconv/gettext update has shown the configure scripts can fall > back on > gnu version of commands first if it find it, and in case gettext is > removed you > can get trouble. > > In this config.site, I hardcoded a couple of FreeBSD binaries in order to > always > use them, but I let the toolchain being autodetected. > > I also added a couple of headers to avoid useless checks and more can be > added > in the futur. > > Any thought? > If this can be made to work reliably with provisions for exceptions, this would be absolutely wonderful! -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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