#12309 closed enhancement (wontfix)
RFE: Use autoconf on port, portindex, portmirror
| Reported by: | sfiera@… | Owned by: | sfiera@… |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | base | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
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Description
Originally, autoconf variables were used to perform substitution of @TCLSH@ and @TCL_PACKAGE_DIR@. This was changed in r3311, with the explanation that the substitution should be done at compile time rather than configure time. I don't see any particular reason this should be the case, particularly when we're wedging sed in to do a job meant for ./configure.
A patch containing the proposed changes is attached.
Attachments (2)
Change History (7)
Changed 17 years ago by sfiera@…
| Attachment: | autoconf.diff added |
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Changed 17 years ago by sfiera@…
| Attachment: | autoconf.patch added |
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comment:1 Changed 17 years ago by landonf (Landon Fuller)
comment:2 Changed 17 years ago by sfiera@…
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Good reasoning--Patch retracted.
comment:3 Changed 17 years ago by jmpalacios (Juan Manuel Palacios)
| Milestone: | Needs developer review → MacPorts base bugs |
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Milestone Needs developer review deleted
comment:4 Changed 17 years ago by nox@…
| Milestone: | MacPorts base bugs → MacPorts base enhancements |
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| Priority: | Not set → Normal |
| Summary: | Use autoconf on port, portindex, portmirror → RFE: Use autoconf on port, portindex, portmirror |
| Version: | 1.5.0 |
comment:5 Changed 15 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)
| Milestone: | MacPorts Future |
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Using make for this purpose ensures that the scripts are re-built when their source is updated. See: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.57/html_mono/autoconf.html#SEC24
"Similarly you should not rely on AC_OUTPUT_FILES to replace datadir and friends in your shell scripts and other files, rather let make manage their replacement. For instance Autoconf ships templates of its shell scripts ending with `.in', and uses a Makefile snippet similar to ..."