Hi Ralf,
thanks for your answer.
alas, I still have questions:
> * Ralf Wildenhues <Enys.Jvyqrauhrf@xxxxxx> [2005-10-11 11:15:03 +0200]:
>
> * Sam Steingold wrote on Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 06:34:10PM CEST:
>> I am getting this:
>> sh config.status --recheck
>> ...
>> configure: loading cache ../config.cache
>> configure: error: `CFLAGS' was not set in the previous run
>> configure: error: `CPPFLAGS' was not set in the previous run
>> configure: error: changes in the environment can compromise the build
>> configure: error: run `make distclean' and/or `rm ../config.cache' and start over
>> make[1]: *** [config.status] Error 1
>>
>> I did not set any variables, not by hand.
>> how do I avoid this error?
>>
> *snip*
>>
>> Unfortunately I am getting the above errors (`CFLAGS' was not set in the
>> previous run &c).
>> I understand why I am getting them, but I see no way to avoid them:
>> if I configure module-dir1 before module-dir2, and module-dir2/configure
>> changes CFLAGS, then module-dir1/configure will complain when I try to
>> re-run it.
>> So, how do you handle this issue?
>
> module-dir2/configure *should* *not* *change* CFLAGS.
> It's a user variable. Assume the user may need to override the developer.
how do I fix this:
AC_ARG_WITH([libtermcap-prefix],
[ --with-libtermcap-prefix[=DIR] search for ncurses and termcap in DIR],
[case "$withval" in
(/*) CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS "-I$withval/include
LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS "-L$withval/lib
esac])
>> the only thing I could come up with so far is quite ugly:
>>
>> --- module-dir/Makefile ---
>> config.status : configure
>> sh config.status --recheck || (cd ..; rm -fv module-dir; make module-dir)
>> --- module-dir/Makefile ---
>>
>> any other suggestions?
>
> 0) Fix module-dir2/configure not to change CFLAGS.
see above.
> 1) rm ../config.cache
ouch - I do not want to do this routinely, for every change in a
configure file.
> 2) Do not share config.cache among all modules
too many tests are duplicates, this will increase re-build time
enormously.
> 3) Use a config.site file to "cache" some answers which are safe to cache.
all answers are safe to cache.
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