I just pushed the first example of a configure script

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

Hi David and everyone else,

I'm an Oracle engineer that have just barely returned from my paternity 
leave, and I will be helping Fredrik, Erik and Kelly with the build 
infrastructure project, as soon as I get up to speed. :)

On 2010-10-22 02:43, David Holmes wrote:
> I guess I'll have to reserve judgment but I don't like the idea of 
> having to setup different build directories in which to run configure 
> for local vs cross-compile - so far that's not making my job (as a 
> developer) any easier.

The goal of this project is of course to make the everyday work 
situation for the developers better - not worse!

Can you please elaborate on what the problem is? If I understand you 
correctly, you have a situation where you want to repeatedly build the 
same source code to the local platform and also to one (or more) foreign 
platform(s) using cross-compile, right?

How would you accomplish this today and how does it differ from using 
configure?

/Magnus