On Friday 11 January 2013 12:21:24 Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 01/11/2013 06:11 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Friday 11 January 2013 04:08:26 Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >> On 01/11/2013 05:07 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > >>> i can't imagine this is a big runtime penalty, so why does configure > >>> check for the perl's thread settings and then hardcode that in the > >>> generated automake ? > >> > >> I don't know, I wasn't around when the change was introduced. You'll > >> have to dig out the archives; if we don't find any compelling reason > >> for having the check at configure time rather than runtime, I agree > >> your change is a nice simplification ... > > > > i couldn't find references to ithreads in the automake or > > automake-patches archives > > I only found an explanation of why "require ...; import ..." was used > instead of a simpler "use ...", but as for you, I was unable to find out a > rationale for having threading support checked at configure time. So I > say we apply your proposed change, and reconsider it only if something > breaks or someone complains.
ok, i'll clean it up and send it out. also realized i forgot to `git pull` (was like 900 commits behind) before writing the previous code so that patch has no hope of applying to current master :). -mike
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