Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hyperreal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA15551; Fri, 27 Jun 1997 15:32:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from twinlark.arctic.org (twinlark.arctic.org [204.62.130.91]) by hyperreal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA15509 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 1997 15:32:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 25514 invoked by uid 500); 27 Jun 1997 22:31:33 -0000 Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 15:31:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Dean Gaudet To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: autoconf In-Reply-To: <9706272312.aa00388@gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org Yeah but config.h.in usually includes lots of the docs that appears in our current PORTING file. It is more than what we currently have though, I admit that. Dean On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Ben Laurie wrote: > Dean Gaudet wrote: > > > > On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Ben Laurie wrote: > > > 2. Changing what autoconf does requires an understanding of the gadget that > > > generates the scripts, whereas changing what we do only requires understanding > > > shell and .h - far more common skills. > > > > > > 3. Failing 2, it is next to impossible to fix autoconf scripts when broken. > > > > They're really the same point. But I can't see how it's much harder than > > doing this: > > > > cp config.h.in config.h > > vi config.h > > cp Makefile.in Makefile > > vi Makefile > > Even if you know that this is all you have to do (are you sure? I'm not), they > are both typically vast. > > Cheers, > > Ben. > > -- > Ben Laurie Phone: +44 (181) 994 6435 Email: ben@algroup.co.uk > Freelance Consultant and Fax: +44 (181) 994 6472 > Technical Director URL: http://www.algroup.co.uk/Apache-SSL > A.L. Digital Ltd, Apache Group member (http://www.apache.org) > London, England. Apache-SSL author >