From: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
To: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: grep-changelog in the emacs distro
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:58:44 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hb0cymvv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86d3b0l2x9.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> (Randal L. Schwartz's message of "Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:36:02 -0800")
merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:
> 'grep-changelog' is apparently the *only* thing in the current emacs HEAD
> that requires Perl.
>
> Would it be possible to put its build and install behind a configure
> switch so that a variant of Emacs might be built and packaged that does
> *not* require Perl?
AFAICT, grep-changelog is installed simply by copying into the install
directory; Perl isn't required or that. And it's not used by any other
part of Emacs either.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-04 6:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-04 0:36 grep-changelog in the emacs distro Randal L. Schwartz
2012-01-04 6:58 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2012-01-04 7:54 ` Ulrich Mueller
2012-01-04 8:26 ` Michael Albinus
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