RE: automation: Problem with builddir != srcdir requirement

2006-03-03 Thread Claudio Fontana
--- Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 03 March 2006 11:38, Claudio Fontana wrote: > > > >> Programs that do > >> not support it are buggy and should be reported > to > >> the author. > > > > This might be good in theory, but in practice it's > not > > that simple. I am screening _all

RE: automation: Problem with builddir != srcdir requirement

2006-03-03 Thread Dave Korn
On 03 March 2006 11:38, Claudio Fontana wrote: >> Programs that do >> not support it are buggy and should be reported to >> the author. > > This might be good in theory, but in practice it's not > that simple. I am screening _all_ GNU projects, and > I'm testing, contacting the maintainers, adv

Re: automation: Problem with builddir != srcdir requirement

2006-03-03 Thread Claudio Fontana
Hello, --- Paolo Bonzini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's sad news. Maybe they would would consider a > > well-written patch; I have to try. > If you want to remain sane, don't look at their > makefiles. :-) > >> (Note that GCC 4.1.x is just building with > builddir > >> != srcdir under your

Re: automation: Problem with builddir != srcdir requirement

2006-03-03 Thread Paolo Bonzini
That's sad news. Maybe they would would consider a well-written patch; I have to try. If you want to remain sane, don't look at their makefiles. :-) (Note that GCC 4.1.x is just building with builddir != srcdir under your feet). That's perfectly good for me. That was to mean, that the

Re: automation: Problem with builddir != srcdir requirement

2006-03-03 Thread Claudio Fontana
Ciao Paolo, --- Paolo Bonzini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > I'm happy to hear that. I've tried 4.1 and it > works > > like a charm. I hope that the same happens with > glibc. > > I doubt that. And glibc is much harder to set up > and is usually built > only by "people that know what th

Re: automation: Problem with builddir != srcdir requirement

2006-03-03 Thread Paolo Bonzini
I'm happy to hear that. I've tried 4.1 and it works like a charm. I hope that the same happens with glibc. I doubt that. And glibc is much harder to set up and is usually built only by "people that know what they're doing"; which means you have a ~0 chance of getting the maintainers to do t

Re: automation: Problem with builddir != srcdir requirement

2006-03-02 Thread Claudio Fontana
Hello Andrew, thanks for your answer. --- Andrew Pinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > On Mar 2, 2006, at 7:23 PM, Claudio Fontana wrote: > > The problem is that, while an user can read a > message > > like: > > > > configure: error: you must configure in a separate > > build directory >

Re: automation: Problem with builddir != srcdir requirement

2006-03-02 Thread Joe Buck
On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 04:23:42PM -0800, Claudio Fontana wrote: > I am building a generic installation program for GNU > coding standards-compliant packages. > http://www.gnu.org/software/sourceinstall/ > I have a problem with current builddir != srcdir > requirement in glibc and recent versions

Re: automation: Problem with builddir != srcdir requirement

2006-03-02 Thread Andrew Pinski
On Mar 2, 2006, at 7:23 PM, Claudio Fontana wrote: The problem is that, while an user can read a message like: configure: error: you must configure in a separate build directory This is a bug only in the 4.0.x series of GCC and nowhere else. -- Pinski

automation: Problem with builddir != srcdir requirement

2006-03-02 Thread Claudio Fontana
Hello, I am building a generic installation program for GNU coding standards-compliant packages. http://www.gnu.org/software/sourceinstall/ I am also helping all GNU projects with a non-compliant build system make the move to the GNU coding standards, with patches and support. I have a problem w