Trying to use this option lead to this error since v4.5.17-6-gfc260795: configure: error: Using --without-fts is not longer supported
* configure.ac (FIND_WITH_FTS): Remove. * m4/withfts.m4: Remove file. * NEWS: Document this build-related change. --- NEWS | 6 ++++++ configure.ac | 2 -- m4/withfts.m4 | 12 ------------ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 m4/withfts.m4 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index fb58ac1b..d103c23c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ of each constructed command line to be executed. [#57291] #35253: Clarify descriptions of -printf %f, %h. +** Changes to the build process + +The configure option --without-fts has been removed. The attempt to use +it stopped configure with an error message since 4.5.18 (2015) anyway. + + * Major changes in release 4.7.0, 2019-08-29 ** Changes to locate / updatedb diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 05fdf785..58838422 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ AC_CANONICAL_HOST AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR(gl/m4) AC_SUBST(AUXDIR,$ac_aux_dir) -dnl check for --with-fts -FIND_WITH_FTS AC_ARG_ENABLE(leaf-optimisation, AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-leaf-optimisation,Enable an optimisation which saves lstat calls to identify subdirectories on filesystems having traditional Unix semantics), diff --git a/m4/withfts.m4 b/m4/withfts.m4 deleted file mode 100644 index 71a93af8..00000000 --- a/m4/withfts.m4 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ -dnl This macro is being phased out; --with-fts is now mandatory. The -dnl oldfind binary is no longer installed. -AC_DEFUN([FIND_WITH_FTS], -[AC_ARG_WITH([fts], -[ --without-fts Use an older mechanism for searching the filesystem, instead of using fts()],[with_fts=$withval],[]) - case $with_fts in - yes) ;; - '') with_fts=yes ;; - no) AC_MSG_ERROR([Using --without-fts is not longer supported]) ;; - *) AC_MSG_ERROR([Invalid value for --with-fts: $with_fts]) - esac -]) -- 2.25.1