On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 00:12 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Colin Walters <walt...@verbum.org> (04/01/2012): > > Background: I'm trying hard to bring continuous integration and testing > > to the FOSS stack between linux and gnome-shell. That means building > > from git, not manual integration via tarballs. The current xorg > > autogen.sh scripts just need one minor tweak to match the ones we use in > > GNOME. I've been slowly massaging and harmonizing the ad-hoc > > autogen.sh/bootstrap scripts found in various modules. > > In the meanwhile, that would achieve the same effect without any patching: > -./autogen.sh > +autoreconf -vfi
Yes, but the reason we use autogen.sh scripts in GNOME is because over time we've added multiple tools (gtk-doc, intltool) that follow the autoconf pattern of copying crap into your tarball so the build fails slightly later when you try to build on the copy of HP-UX you found in your basement. autoreconf isn't extensible, hence the autogen.sh script. Also, the autogen.sh pattern supports e.g. modules using waf - they can copy waf from the system into their build tree. (Of course, this would probably have to come after severing Thomas Nagy's internet connection, but hey). _______________________________________________ xorg-devel@lists.x.org: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
