Re: Removal of the autotools-based build system
Davi Arnaut <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.db.mysql.devel,gmane.comp.db.mysql.packagers |
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| Organization | Oracle Corporation |
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On 11/5/10 6:55 PM, Kristian Nielsen wrote: >> > There is a ./configure emulation already, but its not perfect and I'm >> > inclined to remove it. Package related scripts should definitely be >> > made aware of cmake in order to fully exploit it. Also, otherwise, we >> > would need to keep updating the emulation script. Another point is >> > that with cmake there was also a change of install layout, so >> > intervention will be necessary in any case. >> > >> > What do you think? Keep or remove? > I'm not sure. Personally I don't see much need to keep the emulation layer > around. As you say, other changes will be needed anyway, so better just spend > the effort on the native CMake. > > I think the main usefulness of the emulation layer is having done it, to check > that everyting in the old system has a counterpart in the new (to reasonable > degree ...), and showing how to map between them. > > It might be useful to convert the emulation layer into a documentation file > describing for each old autoconf option how (and if) the same effect is > obtained with CMake. Agree. I've added your remark to the task. Regards, Davi -- MySQL Internals Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/internals To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[email protected]