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From: Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
To: Rical Jasan <rj@2c3t.io>
Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>,
	"Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@redhat.com>,
	 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>,
	Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] New configure option --disable-crypt.
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 15:22:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKCAbMiDhRi3o8d-C8rNkMK4OubQETHhq+TGYYQQNjt1j-AKmw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0e8ffb1b-afd4-ab6e-04ac-bf5e954833ab@2c3t.io>

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 5:05 PM, Rical Jasan <rj@2c3t.io> wrote:
> It looks like --runstatedir slipped in to the generated configure.  I'm
> not opposed to it in general, and I don't think it's used anywhere
> anyway, but it doesn't seem related, and isn't mentioned.  I think it's
> an artifact of autotools versions.

Yeah, it is.  I have Debian's autoconf 2.69, which has --runstatedir
backported from autoconf trunk.  I can hand-edit that back out if
people think it's worth avoiding the churn.

> I believe --disable-crypt should also be added to install.texi (and
> INSTALL regenerated, IIRC).

Will fix.

> There is also an entire chapter in the manual devoted to these
> functions.  It does convey, "Don't do this," to an extent -- in a number
> of ways -- but I'm open to suggestions for improvement, particularly in
> light of this patch.  It's a pretty short chapter.

Yeah, I'm just looking over that chapter now.

zw

      reply	other threads:[~2018-04-23 15:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-04-18 18:34 Zack Weinberg
2018-04-18 20:41 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-04-23 15:29   ` Zack Weinberg
2018-04-18 21:05 ` Rical Jasan
2018-04-23 15:22   ` Zack Weinberg [this message]

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