Re: configure tool

[Ronny Chevalier <chevalier.ronny@gmail.com>]

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 9:01 PM, David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote:
> Ronny Chevalier <chevalier.ronny@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm curious about the reason behind choosing to do your own configure
>> tool instead of using tools like autotools or cmake?
>
> I guess the most relevant discussion is not that recent:
>
>     http://mid.gmane.org/1258897630-22282-1-git-send-email-jeff@ocjtech.us
>
> and to a lesser extent the discussion starting atL
>
>     http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.notmuch.general/635
>

Ok thanks I will look into it.

>> For example, I noticed that the part that check if the compiler
>> options are supported, is not working. Try adding a flag supported by
>> gcc but not by clang and use clang to compile or vice-versa.
>
> Sure, of course there can be bugs, just as in any configuration system.
> Can you give a more specific recipe to reproduce it?

Yeah I forgot to provide an example sorry.

-Wdouble-promotion for example is available on gcc but not clang and
it is still added to the command line when using clang. I think this
is because clang does not return an error code, but just prints a
warning.

>
> Thanks,
>
> d