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Re: gnulib-tool: an autobuild facility
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: gnulib-tool: an autobuild facility |
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Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:42:31 +0100 |
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Simon Josefsson wrote:
> > 2) Transfer this directory to a build machine (HP-UX, Cygwin, or
> > whatever).
>
> Step 2 can be simplified by doing:
>
> ./configure
> make dist
>
> since gnulib-tool already create a dummy configure.ac that
> AC_CONFIG_SUBDIR include every gnulib module. Running this
> ./configure takes a considerable amount of time, though.
Yes, this "./configure" of all modules takes a long time. Whereas the
"transfer this directory to the build machine" task can be a simple 'cp'
command or even a no-op, if you're using NFS.
Bruno