<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.32.2"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 09:54 -0700, Chase Douglas wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> On 09/17/2011 06:53 AM, Gaetan Nadon wrote: > On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 06:52 +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:33:56PM -0700, Chase Douglas wrote: >> > Signed-off-by: Chase Douglas <<A HREF="mailto:chase.douglas@canonical.com">chase.douglas@canonical.com</A> <<A HREF="mailto:chase.douglas@canonical.com">mailto:chase.douglas@canonical.com</A>>> >> > --- >> > configure.ac | 3 +++ >> > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >> > >> > diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac >> > index 6c2f731..f3d6d8e 100644 >> > --- a/configure.ac >> > +++ b/configure.ac >> > @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ if ! test "x$UNSTABLE_LIB" = xyes; then >> > AC_MSG_ERROR([This branch contains elements which have not yet been finalised. When this branch is updated, you will probably need to recompile both the any clients using the library, and may experience crashes or undefined behaviour if you do not.]) >> > fi >> > >> > +# Define macros for compiling with unstable protocols >> > +AC_SUBST(CFLAGS, "-DXINPUT2_1_USE_UNSTABLE_PROTOCOL -DXINPUT2_2_USE_UNSTABLE_PROTOCOL") > CFLAGS is a user environment and should never be set in configure.ac. In > some case it is, for a configure test, but restored to the original > value. Refer to Automake documentation for a complete discussion on env > variable usage. A couple points: * This is only temporary while the protocol is under development. It will not be part of any official libXi release. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> I suppose it goes in git master, so it makes no difference to me. It is expose in broad day light for any one to conclude that it is ok to do and replicate in some of the other 240 packages. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> * When I have used AC_SUBST before, it has only appended flags to the CFLAGS env var. This is exactly what we want. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> And that maybe exactly what someone else does not want. The way I understand Automake, is that the user is king and must have the final word. This of course might conflict with the developer who wants to enforce certain flags. Note that CFLAGS is written after AM_CFLAGS to uphold the user priority over the configuration. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> * I can't find any documentation providing guidelines, so if you have any please share :). </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> I was in a hurry to leave, sorry. Here it is: <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#User-Variables">http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#User-Variables</A> <BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE> Some Makefile variables are reserved by the GNU Coding Standards for the use of the “user”—the person building the package. For instance, <TT>CFLAGS</TT> is one such variable. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Flag-Variables-Ordering">http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Flag-Variables-Ordering</A> Follow the links for more discussion. Several xorg packages were setting CFLAGS in configure.ac and patches have been submitted and reviewed multiple times by people more knowledgeable than I am. That's how I got my current understanding. Basically, I was educated by reviewers on this list. Unless I have misunderstood Automake, the proper way to handle this situation is to create a new variable in configure.ac and add it to AM_CFLAGS in the makefile. I'd be curious to know if the motivation was to ensure the builder does not change the flags or if it was done because it is convenient and has always been working. Thanks for listening, and greetings to all the folks at Canonical. Gaetan PS One patch example from Debian in libXfont: <BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE> commit f859a76b0f325b07952ad1c5c818318307c589b0 Author: Julien Cristau <<A HREF="mailto:jcristau@debian.org">jcristau@debian.org</A>> Date:   Tue Nov 4 19:24:29 2008 +0100     Don't clobber CFLAGS in configure         This lets the user set CFLAGS when running make. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> Thanks! -- Chas </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>