From: Charles Forsyth <forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: configure misery
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 14:46:27 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0274df161014387bcaa2140174c831a5@caldo.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <24cef4c322f9d480fa9dd6ff42482598@collyer.net>
>>doesn't work that are a pain. If the configure authors haven't seen
>>your particular variant system, ...
that gets to the heart of it: for all it claims to do, it really only works
well (and usually only works at all) as an enumeration of systems already
seen; in which case you might just as well have config-i386-linux.h
and be done with it. for instance, when i looked at a QNX paper on
importing software i was impressed that configure worked for them
until i realised that was only because a qnx variant is written into configure!
what's the point? it has clearly become someone's life work, heart and soul poured into it,
etc. but it's rather a waste of time. its author(s) should get out a bit more.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-16 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-16 8:04 Aharon Robbins
2003-11-16 8:37 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-11-16 14:46 ` Charles Forsyth [this message]
2003-11-16 9:53 ` Bruce Ellis
2003-11-16 19:11 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2003-11-16 19:32 ` andrey mirtchovski
2003-11-16 21:43 ` Dan Cross
2003-11-16 23:37 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2003-11-17 0:04 ` mirtchov
2003-11-17 0:04 ` boyd, rounin
2003-11-17 3:18 ` Dan Cross
2003-11-17 3:28 ` boyd, rounin
2003-11-16 21:46 ` Russ Cox
2003-11-16 22:24 ` mirtchov
2003-11-16 22:47 ` Russ Cox
2003-11-17 0:38 ` Mike Haertel
2003-11-16 22:38 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2003-11-16 22:41 ` boyd, rounin
2003-11-18 12:54 ` Aharon Robbins
2003-11-18 14:11 ` Russ Cox
2003-11-18 14:55 ` Joel Salomon
2003-11-17 0:24 ` Enache Adrian
2003-11-17 12:16 ` Aharon Robbins
2003-11-17 23:16 ` Taj Khattra
2003-11-16 19:58 ` boyd, rounin
2003-11-17 0:30 ` [9fans] mmap (was configure misery) Geoff Collyer
2003-11-17 0:29 ` boyd, rounin
2003-11-17 12:25 ` [9fans] Re: configure misery Aharon Robbins
2003-11-17 0:42 ` John Stalker
2003-11-17 12:28 ` Aharon Robbins
2003-11-17 12:42 ` Lucio De Re
2003-11-17 12:53 ` Lucio De Re
2003-11-17 13:43 ` Aharon Robbins
2003-11-17 15:06 ` mirtchov
2003-11-17 15:35 ` David Presotto
2003-11-17 16:31 ` John Stalker
2003-11-17 17:19 ` Aharon Robbins
2004-01-30 15:30 [9fans] Re: [hangar18-general] Frustration Jim Choate
2004-02-03 17:11 ` [9fans] Re: configure misery rog
2004-02-04 16:48 ` Jim Choate
2004-02-03 3:49 Li Yi
2004-02-03 11:30 ` Aharon Robbins
2004-02-03 13:32 ` a
2004-02-03 15:34 ` Jim Choate
2004-02-03 16:29 ` a
2004-02-03 14:18 ` andrey mirtchovski
2004-02-03 15:36 ` Jim Choate
2004-02-03 16:32 ` boyd, rounin
2004-02-03 16:42 ` Jim Choate
2004-02-03 23:53 ` David Presotto
2004-02-04 8:13 ` Aharon Robbins
2004-02-03 15:33 ` Jim Choate
2004-02-03 16:27 ` a
2004-02-03 16:44 ` Jim Choate
2004-02-03 16:53 ` andrey mirtchovski
2004-02-04 16:45 ` Jim Choate
2004-02-03 17:01 ` Wes Kussmaul
2004-02-04 17:47 Spamm Trapp
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