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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [patch] faster Makefile.in -> Makefile translation
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-04-03 10:20:25
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David Faure wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 11:08:47AM +0200, Michael Matz wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Alex Zepeda wrote:
> > > suggestion, but what about the perl to C "compiler"?  Couldn't someone drop
> > > in a binary to replace the perl script and distribute that for people who
> > > are against installing perl?  (Yes, yes, yes, binaries are a bad idea, but
> > > still).
> >
> > If they don't have perl, they don't deserve a fast Makefile.in->Makefile
> > conversion ;)
> > Seriously, binaries would be nightmare, we would have to provide them for
> > every this-and-that platform, statically linked, to compile from
> > _source_. The nice thing on autoconf and friends is that they use system
> > tools to do their work. Binary code is no system tool (err, well, one
> > could argue, but...).
> > But it's reasonable to see perl as a system tool, so we use this.
> 
> Definitely right. Binaries no, perl yes, with a fallback on standard sh.
> 
Well, we right now discuss on removing that fallback - or making it:
patch
the configure.in and run autoconf ;)

Greetings, Stephan

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