Re: I just pushed the first example of a configure script

[neugens.limasoftware@gmail.com]

You can add this to your script ;)

Seriously, I'm not sure to follow the problem, but I think you cannot mix the build directories for different targets anyway.

I would expect that configure takes an argument to identify where you want the build to take place as well, rather than use an hardcoded default, so simply adapting the build script would do the same, really.

Cheers,
Mario
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----- Reply message -----
Da: "David Holmes" <David.Holmes at oracle.com>
Data: gio, ago 25, 2011 12:01
Oggetto: I just pushed the first example of a configure script
A: "Magnus Ihse Bursie" <magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com>
Cc: <build-infra-dev at openjdk.java.net>


Hi Magnus,

On 25/08/2011 7:35 PM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> 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?

Right.

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

Today I have a source forest and a top-level builds directory that contains 
my build scripts for the different platforms. I simply do build-x.csh or 
build-y.csh.

My recollection from building configure based tools is that now I would have 
to do something like:

mkdir build-x
cd build-x
<run configure for platform x>
cd ..
mkdir build-y
cd build-y
<run configure for platform y>

And thereafter I'd have to identify the right build-x or build-y directory 
to do the actual build.

I'm not saying this is intolerable just saying that this is more cumbersome 
than what I have to do now and I'm unclear what benefit configure is 
actually going to buy me.

Cheers,
David

> /Magnus
>