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Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping
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Paul Smith |
Subject: |
Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems |
Date: |
Mon, 20 May 2013 11:36:59 -0400 |
On Mon, 2013-05-20 at 09:11 -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 05/20/2013 09:01 AM, Paul Wise wrote:
> > On Mon, 2013-05-20 at 08:37 -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> >
> >> I would MUCH rather see us honor a CONFIG_GUESS and CONFIG_SUB
> >> environment variable, rather than baking in a PATH search. This topic
> >> has come up in the past, where I made the same request back then.
> >
> > The patch does both and both are needed AFAICT.
>
> I disagree. Env-var override should be sufficient, without needing any
> PATH probing.
FWIW I agree with Eric. Having behind-the-scenes path probing for local
overrides is, IMO, asking for a lot of trouble. It's far to easy to
drop a file on your system and forget about it it, leading to much
confusion and frustration a few months/years later. Also consider the
support burden...
I just don't see the need for it.
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, (continued)
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Pavel Raiskup, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Jan Engelhardt, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Pavel Raiskup, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Ben Elliston, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Earnie Boyd, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Pavel Raiskup, 2013/05/22
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Mike Frysinger, 2013/05/22
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Eric Blake, 2013/05/20
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Paul Wise, 2013/05/20
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Eric Blake, 2013/05/20
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems,
Paul Smith <=
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Wookey, 2013/05/20
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Eric Blake, 2013/05/20
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Mike Frysinger, 2013/05/22
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Eric Blake, 2013/05/22
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Mike Frysinger, 2013/05/22
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Eric Blake, 2013/05/23
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Mike Frysinger, 2013/05/23
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Mike Frysinger, 2013/05/22