Re: [Quickfix-developers] Build Quickfix with Sun SPRO compiler 6.2 or 8.0

[Joerg T. <Joe...@ma...>]

Oren Miller wrote:
>> On Sep 13, 2004, at 7:56 AM, Joerg Thoennes wrote:
>> 
>>> Caleb Epstein wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:21:22 -0500, Oren Miller 
>>>> <or...@qu...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As for the AR_FLAGS, I would expect that autoconf would be doing that
>>>>> work in the AC_PROG_CXX macro.  What version are you using?  Maybe a
>>>>
>>>> I'm not using autoconf at all, just the supplied configure script that
>>>> comes with QuickFIX.
>>>
>>> I feel there is some ambiguity in the QF setup: On the one site, there 
>>> are autoconf files, but one the other side, pre-build conf files are 
>>> supplied (and even checked-in into the repository).
>>>
>>> IMHO, the most stable solution would be to drop the autoconf-generated 
>>> files altogether and let the users generate them in any case using the 
>>> bootstrap script. They have to do that step anyway if there is any 
>>> problem with the pre-built config files.
>>>
>>> Of course, this adds another step to the installation of QF and 
>>> requires  some assistance in the installation of autoconf tools (e.g. 
>>> on Solaris), but in the end this is the way autoconf is meant to work.

> I don't agree with this.  Generated files are distributed with the 
> releases, but I don't know of any that are checked into the repository. 
>  If you know of some, make a list and we'll have them removed.

Sorry about that. My memory fooled me. Of course, there are no generated 
files in the repository.

> Autotools generate a portable configure script so everyone knows they 
> can do a simple './configure && make' and get a reasonable build.  This 
> is pretty standard and expected behavior for open source distributions. 
>  I don't know what the value of adding additional dependencies would be 
> for people who have no desire to modify the build scripts.

Agreed. I was a bit unsure about *how* portable the configure scripts 
are. Probably the most generic approach is not always the best one.

Cheers, Jörg

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