[ where is this best discussed? ] > * Ian Lance Taylor wrote on Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 09:37:45PM CEST: > > Hi, I proposed a Summer of Code (code.google.com/soc/) project for > > autoconf, as seen on: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/soc-projects/ideas.html > > I don't know if any student will sign up for it. If somebody does, is > > there any autoconf maintainer who would be willing to be a mentor? That project proposal now states: | In general, a carefully written autoconf script will work when | building with a cross-compiler. Unfortunately, not all scripts are | written carefully. The goal is to make it easier for this to work | correctly. The ultimate goal is to make it easier to cross-build a | GNU/Linux distribution. To allow to cross-build a GNU/Linux distribution, you usually have to go and pre-set a bunch of cache variables, fix the packages that do not cache their runtime tests, and build -- many packages do not necessarily require Autoconf changes. So, that would entail fixing lots of "third-party" packages. OTOH, Libtool will make you stumble, as it needs work for seamless cross-building. And that work, including getting to know the problem space, is not something for a SoC project IMVHO. So, although I think the original idea to enhance non-local runtest in Autoconf is great, and can probably be made to fit a SoC work amount, I don't think the last sentence of above description matches that goal so well. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
