Re: [PATCHES] Bootstrap: Allow user overriding of $AUTOCONF and $PERL.

2010-08-08 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
[ the gnu list server seems down ATM; expect delays ] Hi Stefano, * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:07:20AM CEST: > At Wednesday 28 July 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > But even then, when developing Automake you will need to be extra > > careful to never let autoconf be invok

Re: [PATCHES] Bootstrap: Allow user overriding of $AUTOCONF and $PERL.

2010-08-08 Thread Stefano Lattarini
At Sunday 08 August 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 12:09:52PM CEST: > > I squashed the following into the first patch: > > > > It's OK for you? > > Sure. > > > > > (BTW, if my understanding is correct, this would make a nice > > > > addition to H

Re: [PATCHES] Bootstrap: Allow user overriding of $AUTOCONF and $PERL.

2010-08-08 Thread Stefano Lattarini
At Sunday 08 August 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 12:53:21PM CEST: > > At Sunday 08 August 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > Also, regenerating the tree with Autoconf 2.67 and committing > > > that separately is preapproved for maint. > > > > Cou

Re: [PATCHES] Bootstrap: Allow user overriding of $AUTOCONF and $PERL.

2010-08-08 Thread Stefano Lattarini
At Sunday 08 August 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > [ the gnu list server seems down ATM; expect delays ] > > Hi Stefano, > > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:07:20AM CEST: > > At Wednesday 28 July 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > But even then, when developing Automake you w

Re: [PATCHES] Bootstrap: Allow user overriding of $AUTOCONF and $PERL.

2010-08-08 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 12:09:52PM CEST: > I squashed the following into the first patch: > It's OK for you? Sure. > > > (BTW, if my understanding is correct, this would make a nice > > > addition to HACKING, too). > > > > Yep. > Attached is a follow-up patch that does

Re: [PATCHES] Bootstrap: Allow user overriding of $AUTOCONF and $PERL.

2010-08-08 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 12:53:21PM CEST: > At Sunday 08 August 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > Also, regenerating the tree with Autoconf 2.67 and committing that > > separately is preapproved for maint. > Couldn't this cause problems when later merging to master? If yes,

Re: [PATCHES] Bootstrap: Allow user overriding of $AUTOCONF and $PERL.

2010-07-28 Thread Stefano Lattarini
At Wednesday 28 July 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hello Stefano, > > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:58:24PM CEST: > > Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Bootstrap: let the user choose which > > autoconf to use. > > Well, you should change > > > +AUTOCONF=${AUTOCONF-autoconf} > > to >

Re: [PATCHES] Bootstrap: Allow user overriding of $AUTOCONF and $PERL.

2010-07-27 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Stefano, * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:58:24PM CEST: > Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Bootstrap: let the user choose which autoconf to > use. Well, you should change > +AUTOCONF=${AUTOCONF-autoconf} to : ${AUTOCONF=autoconf} But even then, when developing Automake you wil

Re: [PATCHES] Bootstrap: Allow user overriding of $AUTOCONF and $PERL.

2010-07-27 Thread Eric Blake
On 07/27/2010 03:37 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >>> I'm used to this variant, with less typing: >>> : ${AUTOCONF=autoconf} >>> >>> But your way works, too. > Can you confirm it's as portable as the ways suggested in the autoconf > manual? If yes, do you think it could be an useful addition to th

Re: [PATCHES] Bootstrap: Allow user overriding of $AUTOCONF and $PERL.

2010-07-27 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Eric. At Tuesday 27 July 2010, Eric Blake wrote: > On 07/27/2010 03:08 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > > On 07/27/2010 02:58 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >> +# Let user choose which version of autoconf to use. > >> +AUTOCONF=${AUTOCONF-autoconf} > >> + > > > > I'm used to this variant, with less typ

Re: [PATCHES] Bootstrap: Allow user overriding of $AUTOCONF and $PERL.

2010-07-27 Thread Eric Blake
On 07/27/2010 03:08 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 07/27/2010 02:58 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> +# Let user choose which version of autoconf to use. >> +AUTOCONF=${AUTOCONF-autoconf} >> + > > I'm used to this variant, with less typing: > > : ${AUTOCONF=autoconf} > > But your way works, too. Huh

Re: [PATCHES] Bootstrap: Allow user overriding of $AUTOCONF and $PERL.

2010-07-27 Thread Eric Blake
On 07/27/2010 02:58 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > +# Let user choose which version of autoconf to use. > +AUTOCONF=${AUTOCONF-autoconf} > + I'm used to this variant, with less typing: : ${AUTOCONF=autoconf} But your way works, too. -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com+1-801-349-2682 Libvirt