From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs vista build failures Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:08:29 +0900 Message-ID: <878wvxxkn6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <36366a980807101702r5677d096g8e62ef5b3e278868@mail.gmail.com> <4eb0089f0807111217m66d6cf4el777c197c107ce034@mail.gmail.com> <87skug6tq5.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <4eb0089f0807111345h13eccdds9b2cf43370b94074@mail.gmail.com> <4eb0089f0807121340x5e26f6dbve03ef50b238f3a3a@mail.gmail.com> <87k5fph5rh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20080713214648.GB1076@muc.de> <20080714195651.GF3445@muc.de> <487C5FA3.4070603@emf.net> <87zloggji9.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216527031 11676 80.91.229.12 (20 Jul 2008 04:10:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:10:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: acm@muc.de, lord@emf.net, drobinow@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 20 06:11:19 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KKQGU-0004Pu-Gj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:11:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35572 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KKQFb-0006ue-5v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:10:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKQE7-00060q-UB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:08:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKQE6-0005yr-72 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:08:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54593 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KKQE5-0005yh-Rb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:08:49 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]:43976) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKQDv-000058-DP; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:08:40 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.231.109.136.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.109.136] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1KKQDo-0002lJ-AZ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:08:32 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6BEFE2F3A; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:08:29 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:06:16 -0400") Original-Lines: 22 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:101006 Archived-At: Richard M Stallman writes: > Note that the current standard X distribution, Xorg, now uses gnu auto* > tools for configuration. > > That is good news, but the general problem remains > as far as I know. Has there been a general move towards > supporting the GNU configure and build specs? As far as I know (I don't hack on X, I just read the mailing list), the entire build infrastructure was replaced, and you can now do "./configure ...; make" etc., and things work in the normal GNU style. [X was also modularized so it's not just one huge tree anymore, but rather a bunch of smaller packages.] -Miles -- Alliance, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.