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Diffstat (limited to 'configure')
| -rwxr-xr-x | configure | 55 |
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 13 deletions
@@ -1591,8 +1591,8 @@ Optional Features: --enable-FEATURE[=ARG] include FEATURE [ARG=yes] --enable-silent-rules less verbose build output (undo: "make V=1") --disable-silent-rules verbose build output (undo: "make V=0") - --enable-maintainer-mode - enable make rules and dependencies not useful (and + --disable-maintainer-mode + disable make rules and dependencies not useful (and sometimes confusing) to the casual installer --enable-sanitize-checks=address (clang/clang++ compilers only) Enable sanitize @@ -3764,16 +3764,45 @@ fi AM_BACKSLASH='\' -## AM_MAINTAINER_MODE turns off "rebuild rules" that contain dependencies -## for Makefiles, configure, src/H5config.h, etc. If AM_MAINTAINER_MODE -## is *not* included here, these files will be rebuilt if out of date. -## This is a problem because if users try to build on a machine with -## the wrong versions of autoconf and automake, these files will be -## rebuilt with the wrong versions and bad things can happen. -## Also, CVS doesn't preserve dependencies between timestamps, so -## Makefiles will often think rebuilding needs to occur when it doesn't. -## Developers should './configure --enable-maintainer-mode' to turn on -## rebuild rules. +## AM_MAINTAINER_MODE determines the behavior of "rebuild rules" that contain +## dependencies for Makefile.in files, configure, src/H5config.h, etc. If +## AM_MAINTAINER_MODE is enabled, these files will be rebuilt if out of date. +## When disabled, the autotools build files can get out of sync and the build +## system will not complain or try to regenerate downstream files. +## +## The AM_MAINTAINER_MODE macro also determines whether the +## --(enable|disable)-maintainer-mode configure option is available. When the +## macro is present, with or without a parameter, the option will be added +## to the generated configure script. +## +## In summary: +## +## AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable]) +## - Build dependencies ON by default +## - Configure option exists +## +## AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([disable]) +## - Build dependencies OFF by default +## - Configure option exists +## +## AM_MAINTAINER_MODE +## - Build dependencies OFF by default +## - Configure option exists +## +## No AM_MAINTAINER_MODE macro +## - Build dependencies ON by default +## - No configure option to control build dependencies +## +## The biggest concern for us is that version control systems like git +## usually don't preserve dependencies between timestamps, so the build +## system will often think that upstream build files like Makefile.am are +## dirty and that rebuilding needs to occur when it doesn't. This is a problem +## in release branches where we provide the autotools-generated files. Users +## who don't have autoconf, automake, etc. will then have difficulty building +## release branches checked out from git. +## +## By default, maintainer mode is enabled in development branches and disabled +## in release branches. { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles" >&5 $as_echo_n "checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... " >&6; } @@ -3781,7 +3810,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles if test "${enable_maintainer_mode+set}" = set; then : enableval=$enable_maintainer_mode; USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=$enableval else - USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=no + USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=yes fi { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $USE_MAINTAINER_MODE" >&5 |