I just pushed the first example of a configure script

[David Holmes]

On 25/08/2011 8:08 PM, neugens.limasoftware at gmail.com wrote:
> 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.

What do you mean by a "build directory"? The output directories are distinct 
based on platform, but grouped in a common location and arranged by a build 
identifier.

David

> 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.
>
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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
>  >
>
>