Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Mon, 20 May 2013, Pavel Raiskup wrote:
> +cc address@hidden, Ben Elliston <address@hidden>
> > IME, it is much better when any override mechanism make use of
> > environment variables.
> 
> Yes, it was mentioned multiple times in this thread already and it was
> always forgotten.  Please consider this approach.
> 
> One thing was not mentioned here - if there was a CONFIG_GUESS/CONFIG_SUB
> environment variables, what would be the consequences of having it solved
> directly in config.{guess,sub} files?
> I mean, if there was defined CONFIG_GUESS environment variable, the
> config.guess could try to call 'config.guess' file somewhere in $PATH?
> 
> pros: we are able to easily patch also old packages (no-need to
> autoreconfigure)

Works for me.  But we [distros] do want to mandate autoreconf anyway in the
general case: it is the *only* way to keep upstream honest about the much
hated build system not bitrotting until it decides to blow up right when we
need it for a security update.

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  Henrique Holschuh