Re: [bug-gettext] not using sub-configure

[Daiki Ueno]

Vincent Torri <address@hidden> writes:

> the build system of gettext is using the sub-configure feature of
> autoconf, hence the configuration time takes a lot of time (especially
> same features are checked several times).
>
> I would like to know if there is some work to port that build system
> to only one configure.ac script, and even eventually to a non
> recursive build ?

I'd say no.  From maintainer's point of view, this clear separation of
runtime/tools packages helps much, compared to a single large
configure.ac.

If the configuration time really matters, you could try --cache-file
option of the configure script.

See (info "(autoconf) Cache Files"):

  When `configure' calls `configure' scripts in subdirectories, it uses
  the `--cache-file' argument so that they share the same cache.

Regards,
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Daiki Ueno