Re: [upnp-sdk-dev] undocumented changes

[<qx...@gm...>]

Hi,

I played around a little bit with automake on Solaris and found a big  
issue: the library created with autoconf/automake has a size of more than  
1,3 MByte, when I compile it using the same levels of optimization using a  
plain Makefile it goes down to about 140 KBytes.

Currently I don't know what the reason is but I'd suggest that I provide a  
specific Makefile for Solaris. Beside the fact that it solves that  
sizing-problem using this it is fairly easy to modify it for the usage  
with the Sun-compiler that can't be used with autoconf/automake (AFAIK). I  
think at least for a Windows-port non-automake-compatible makefiles are  
necessary so why don't starting with it here?

Michael



On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:13:14 +0200, John Dennis <jd...@re...> wrote:

> On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 09:11 +0200, qx...@gm... wrote:
>> So what switch was defined for Sparc Solaris systems for that project?
>
> There are several ways to skin this cat, one solution would be adding
> this to configure.ac
>
> AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([HOST_OS], "$host_os", [target operating system])
>
> Then in autoconfig.h you'll get something like this:
>
> /* target operating system */
> #define HOST_OS "solaris"
>
> Then in your C code you can do something like this:
>
> #if HOST_OS = "solaris"
> #endif
>
> Note: I'm not sure the exact string that solaris will produce for
> HOST_OS, you'll just have to run autoreconf;configure and see how
> HOST_OS gets defined, but "solaris" is a pretty good bet (note on linux
> it's "linux-gnu")
>
> If its a sparc only distinction you'll have to add "host_cpu" too.
>
>>
>> Btw: The autoconf/automake tools IMHO are a monstrosity, complicated and
>> mainly unnecessary chump of software.
>
> I agree that autoconf/automake has a steep learning curve and at times
> can be frustrating, but its the only viable game in town for open source
> configuration and the definitive standard. Like it or not, its the right
> way to do things. IMHO the autotool support that was added by Remi was a
> huge improvement over the previous non-portable feature poor makefiles
> (they couldn't even produce a debug static library, which is now trival
> using automake).