Re: Behaviour of Build / Configure in GNU programs

[John Darrington]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 10:00:50PM +0000, Karl Berry wrote:
     
     I'd just word the second a little differently:
     
     jd> Don't allow any part of the build or configure process to open a 
     jd> network connection in order to download files remotely (or for any 
other reason).
     jd> The distribution should successfully build on a machine disconnected 
     jd> from the internet.
     -
     kb> The configure and make process for building the distribution should
     kb> not require a network connection (e.g., to download files).  The
     kb> distribution should successfully build on a machine disconnected
     kb> from the Internet.
     

I'm happy with Karl's version, except that "scuccessfully build" might be taken
to exclude configuration.  I know in the previous sentance you mention 
configure,
but we are talking about a formal standard here.  

Also I wonder if we should mention the "make check" process too.  That should 
also
work disconnected IMO.

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