linux-kernel - Re: PATCH [0/3]: Simplify the kernel build by removing perl.

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:54:42 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	"Mark A. Miller" <mark@...ell.org>,
	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...mix.at>,
	Leon Woestenberg <leon.woestenberg@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Embedded Linux mailing list <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: PATCH [0/3]: Simplify the kernel build by removing perl.

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:11:09 CST, Rob Landley said:
> P.S.  I still hope autoconf dies off and the world wakes up and moves away 
> from that.  And from makefiles for that matter.  But in the meantime, I can 
> work around it with enough effort.

What do you propose autoconf and makefiles get replaced by?

% wc pidgin/configure*
  34287  118303 1004074 pidgin/configure
   2499    7684   81532 pidgin/configure.ac

Which you rather code, 2.5K lines of autoconf or 35K lines of configure
script? As long as there's enough diversity to require configure scripts,
there's going to be a demand for an autoconf-ish feature to ease writing them.


Content of type "application/pgp-signature" skipped