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Re: Configure cleanups
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From:
H.Merijn Brand
Date:
April 18, 2007 10:11
Subject:
Re: Configure cleanups
Message ID:
20070418191023.7354dfc7@pc09
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:34:40 +0200, "H.Merijn Brand" <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>
wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:22:18 +0200, "H.Merijn Brand" <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>
> wrote:
>
> > In change #30919, Nicholas added some cleanups for 'try'. He however did
> > not catch all, which isn't his fault, but unveils a somewhat unclean
> > state of affairs.
> >
> > There are several approaches to the cleanup.
> > The common flow of control is to write the test program in try.c, then
> > compile it, if that succeeded, run it, read the exit code, and clean up.
> >
> > But the cleanup's are a mess. Here's the possible used combo's:
>
> Here would be the suggested cleanup:
> 16155 2007-04-18 14:15 http://www.xs4all.nl/~hmbrand/Configure-rm_try.diff
>
> That would imply a change of 83 metaunits. Worth the trouble?
>
> > This however is a huge task. Any objections before I start?
If no-one objects, the plan for the next days is
1. Sync up with recent changes, so reverting the patch would be
doable.
2. Change about 5 metaunits, commit to Configure, and see how the
smoke handles the changes
3. Do the 68 other metaunits, regenerate Configure and feel good :)
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