From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net (vms042pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.42]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j3KE7Oo6019110 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:07:25 GMT Received: from vmware.local.domain ([199.74.155.50]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IF9004MM0KJQQ60@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:07:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: by vmware.local.domain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2DF0591A2E; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:05:00 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:04:58 -0500 From: Paul Varner Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [Bug 89729] configure always print a warning message about possibly mistaking build system type In-reply-to: <200504200952.29196.vapier@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <1114005899.6152.4.camel@vmware.local.domain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 References: <200504202102.19665.jstubbs@gentoo.org> <42664ABC.1050801@gentoo.org> <200504200952.29196.vapier@gentoo.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id j3KE7Oo6019110 X-Archives-Salt: 4963d88f-da22-4664-ae20-9187ed152f3d X-Archives-Hash: 9a646d90ba2ee93722841738caeeb6cc On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 09:52 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Wednesday 20 April 2005 08:27 am, Harald van Dijk wrote: > > Perhaps > > make.conf.example (that's provided by portage, right?) should include > > CBUILD, assuming it doesn't cause problems? > > i'm afraid the possibility of users botching this makes it not worth the > effort > > better to keep the definition of CBUILD 'hidden' from most eyes As a user, I had the same thought. Why not have portage set it appropriately unless the user has explicitly defined it? That of course is making the assumption that someone who has explictly set the CBUILD variable knows what they are doing, since they had to go through the trouble of learning about it and the fact that they could set it. Regards, Paul -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list