From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ralf Angeli Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `make' written in elisp Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 01:25:36 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104711991 16541 80.91.229.6 (3 Jan 2005 00:26:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 00:26:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 03 01:26:25 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ClG3E-0000wU-00 for ; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 01:26:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1ClGEM-0007y4-Ko for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Jan 2005 19:37:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1ClGE6-0007xs-Jo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Jan 2005 19:37:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1ClGE6-0007xZ-15 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Jan 2005 19:37:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1ClGE5-0007xO-RB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Jan 2005 19:37:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ClG2X-0007za-TV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Jan 2005 19:25:42 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ClG2X-0006Yr-00 for ; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 01:25:41 +0100 Original-Received: from dialin-212-144-208-208.arcor-ip.net ([212.144.208.208]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 01:25:41 +0100 Original-Received: from angeli by dialin-212-144-208-208.arcor-ip.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 01:25:41 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dialin-212-144-208-208.arcor-ip.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZWrHur96pitFuGpl5bmT1gbbRvk= 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:31708 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:31708 * David Kastrup (2005-01-03) writes: > Ralf Angeli writes: [source-based package management systems] > The problem is that the only reliable common available infrastructure > we have for all operating systems on which Emacs is able to run, is > Emacs. And that takes us back to the subject title of this posting. Assuming the `make' part is solved by install.el or elmake, we "only" need an Elisp-based substitute for `configure'. If a package like AUCTeX doesn't provide it, one has to require external tools. I don't see a problem here. The point is that the package system should be able to support `configure'. -- Ralf