On 6 May 2015 at 01:36, Alon Bar-Lev <alon.bar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6 May 2015 at 01:29, JonY <jo...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: >> >> On 5/5/2015 22:15, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: >> > >> > Of course it is easier for me in Gentoo to use the toplevel autoconf >> > script, it worked so far, not sure why not just support it, but >> > partial support is not the right way to go. >> > >> >> It doesn't actually work all the time, especially when the installed >> headers and build versions differ. The install may be silently broken >> even if it did complete. Some problems include missing GUID >> instantiation, missing prototypes causing implicit function declaration etc. >> >> If you put it that way, I vote to get rid of it. >> > > this will create overhead when upstream adds a new tool or library, > then downstream need to figure out what else to build instead of > having this within package customization. > > the header issue is solved quite easily in v4, see [1], the only issue > is pseh that cannot be built, I thought to attend to that later or > remove it from top level configure.
BTW: if you like I can workout a solution for that. adding new subdir that will be build between headers and crt so that it installs the headers within builddir and use it in crt. > > I will be very happy if you do not drop it. > > Alon > > [1] > https://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/dev-util/mingw64-runtime/mingw64-runtime-4.0.1.ebuild?revision=1.1&view=markup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
