Re: [9fans] Modularizing plan9port

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

> So I intent do write some script which creates Makefile's from
> mkfile's and maybe even does some build-time configuration
> (sort of ./configure ;-)). That script(s) could be packet along
> with some other fundamental p9p build utils, and this package
> then would be the very first in depedency chain. Taking cross-
> builds into account, this would be an TOOL or HOST dependency,
> since it runs on the building host, not the target - an compiler-
> less target wouldn't ever need it (it plays in the same liga as
> tools like lex, make, autoconf, etc).
>
> What do you think about this approach ?

aren't you skipping a step?  how to modularize p9p is not an
interesting question until one has decided that it worth doing.

why is modularizing p9p a good idea?

as you point out, the process creates a number of problems without
adding any functionality.

- erik