Re: [PATCH v4 1/19] modula2 front end: changes outside gcc/m2, libgm2 and gcc/testsuite.

[Gaius Mulley <gaiusmod2@gmail.com>]

Richard Biener <richard.guenther@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 1:49 AM Gaius Mulley via Gcc-patches
> <gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> While writing the ChangeLog entries git gcc-verify spotted an oversight
>> with v3 of this patch set.  I had forgotten to post gm2.texi and also a
>> tiny patchlet in gcc/configure.ac (to detect Python).  HAVE_PYTHON is
>> used within gcc/m2/Make-lang.in to avoid generating the library section
>> included by gm2.texi should Python not be available.
>
> The configure check doesn't verify the python version.

indeed - I'll fix this

>  Does --enable-generated-files-in-srcdir (used when building release
> tarballs) generate the required section so it's packed up in the
> release tarball and avoid requiring python3 when building from the
> release tarball?

currently working on it - no it fails - should be done rsn.

> Note these kind of dependences should be mentioned in
> install.texi - for python also listing required modules would be nice.

I'll add these.

> Thanks,
> Richard.
>
>> ok to commit?  I've included gm2-lang.cc and lang.opt for reference.
>
> The python script would have been more informative, the generated
> .texi fragment and the Make-lang.in part as well

ah yes this is true, sorry.

regards,
Gaius