Re: autogen.sh warnings

[Bruce Dubbs]

Robert Millan wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 10:20:21AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> > Felix Zielcke wrote:
> > > Am Donnerstag, den 10.12.2009, 00:05 -0600 schrieb Bruce Dubbs:
> > > > On the other hand, config.guess is used to get build_cpu and build_os 
> > > > and I don't see that being used at all right now by grub. 
> > > Well just after the part you quoted from me, I thought I made it clear
> > > that the output of config.guess is used as an argument for config.sub
> > > So you just need both. At least as long as autoconf doestn't get
> > > changed.
> > Exactly.  I originally said that config.guess was required by configure  
> > even though the output not used.  As you pointed out to me, config.sub  
> > output is used.
> >
> > This all goes back to the overall build process.  I've been thinking  
> > about it a lot, but I'm not ready to offer any suggestions yet.
>
> What is exactly the problem?  

Using automake without Makefile.am is non-standard and not provided for 
within automake.  The only thing we use automake for is to copy 
config.{guess,sub} to the root of the root of the source.

Also, building as one large monolithic Makefile with includes built via 
scripts is probably not optimal from a comprehension point of view.

> Our use of config.{guess,sub} is pretty standard,
> at least as far as invoking the scripts is concerned.

Yes, as we discussed, they are used in configure.

  -- Bruce