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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: 01/01: gnu: Add agg.
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 21:40:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <877fuedooz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150318134720.GA27555@venom> ("Tomáš Čech"'s message of "Wed, 18 Mar 2015 14:47:20 +0100")

Tomáš Čech <sleep_walker@gnu.org> skribis:

> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 02:09:49PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>>Tomas Cech <sleep_walker@suse.cz> skribis:

[...]

>>> +@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
>>> + AC_PROG_CC
>>> + AC_PROG_CXX
>>> + AC_ISC_POSIX
>>> +-AM_C_PROTOTYPES
>>> + if test "x$U" != "x"; then
>>> +   AC_MSG_ERROR(Compiler not ANSI compliant)
>>> + fi
>>
>>It is best to avoid modifying .ac or .am files because that requires
>>adding a dependency on the autotools.]
>
> I will remember that but I'm afraid that in this case there is no
> configure in tarball anyway and has to be generated.

Oh, right, sorry for the confusion!  If that has to be generated anyway,
then fine, no problem.

>>What problem does this patch solve?  I’m confident this can be worked
>>around without modifying the .ac file, for instance by passing the right
>>ac_cv_ variable as a ‘configure’ argument.
>
>
> AM_C_PROTOTYPES has been removed from automake.
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-06/msg00082.html

Right, so you made the right decision.  Just mention it in the patch.

Thank you!

Ludo’.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-03-18 20:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20150318105410.2359.97929@vcs.savannah.gnu.org>
     [not found] ` <E1YYBc3-0000d6-3W@vcs.savannah.gnu.org>
2015-03-18 13:09   ` 01/01: gnu: Add agg Ludovic Courtès
2015-03-18 13:47     ` Tomáš Čech
2015-03-18 20:40       ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2015-03-18 22:08         ` [PATCH] gnu: agg: Add explanatory comment to the patch Tomáš Čech
2015-03-19 16:02           ` Ludovic Courtès

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