From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBBEB1381F3 for ; Wed, 1 May 2013 01:42:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D2B61E09B7; Wed, 1 May 2013 01:42:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D4E9AE09B4 for ; Wed, 1 May 2013 01:42:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 034CF33DF2D for ; Wed, 1 May 2013 01:42:03 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.386 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.386 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.058, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-2.442, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=unavailable Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0e0C-2qYIb7W for ; Wed, 1 May 2013 01:41:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA5FA33DF28 for ; Wed, 1 May 2013 01:41:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UXM3I-0001cb-V2 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Wed, 01 May 2013 03:41:48 +0200 Received: from 71-17-69-121.yktn.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca ([71.17.69.121]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 01 May 2013 03:41:48 +0200 Received: from dirtyepic by 71-17-69-121.yktn.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 01 May 2013 03:41:48 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Ryan Hill Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Shall econf append its arguments to end of ./configure invocation? Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:52:03 -0600 Organization: Gentoo Message-ID: <20130430195203.0af69d0e@caribou.gateway.2wire.net> References: <20130429075549.06e8ad66@gentoo.org> <201304291436.42577.vapier@gentoo.org> <20130429194917.46d4985c@googlemail.com> <20862.56778.599974.921136@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20130429215950.019cd23b@googlemail.com> <20862.62111.902255.208565@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20130429232709.6d755604@googlemail.com> <20130430121213.330244bc@googlemail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA512; boundary="Sig_/oVQeIB3TQjX6Ilim++aOtwz"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 71-17-69-121.yktn.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.17; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Archives-Salt: d9414e64-a1b3-480d-9261-6cc13f9cbb86 X-Archives-Hash: 06829ebddf6a148068f97eef9a9dfa24 --Sig_/oVQeIB3TQjX6Ilim++aOtwz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:12:13 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:30:03 +0000 (UTC) > Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote: > > There's value in someone being just contrarian enough to purposefully=20 > > look for the strangest or most illogical read of a spec and > > (initially) implement it that way, in ordered to root out and get the > > bugs in the spec fixed. That said... >=20 > I highly doubt the person implementing the code for Paludis was doing > it in a contrarian way. As far as I can see, he simply implemented what > the spec says. Then the person implementing the code for Paludis is either a monkey or a robot*. Anyone capable of reasoning could puzzle out the implications of not allowing user-given options to override the defaults. Obviously you can wr= ite code that follows a spec but is still broken or useless. *or both (?!) --=20 gcc-porting toolchain, wxwidgets @ gentoo.org --Sig_/oVQeIB3TQjX6Ilim++aOtwz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJRgHVKAAoJEO04vUmVeoRjozoH/RSv8Qcj6DRtYMWj458EJRgC +FP81H3lwcSWnVZqsFyPcYUYjfRbZP1qcKtZOFyDzUAK4QrgXHNlqVXF54hzF7pb f+3NEp5uOj77jVTnMw2b2eGDS4TX5EV44+sij2M6hf0Uus6HHW/IcdJbaY58jSd8 3+rR2+wVaR5652RbIv9fQXIv7+ytWLjCTuJs6n3TIVPsH1hnY9xaQGTfHCvytvGZ Blc6BopH6jcpNeosLzUiKKlpOnhvVgnQ/nUgdMhnFPw1n8jgCUefbxacXyleqOom RYv2L2GRqlksilW8peoLyDC39YjxXSIy9/AONSs9HKr3L4Bl0oAcacmI9Fwhgt0= =ovHf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/oVQeIB3TQjX6Ilim++aOtwz--