[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] build: add --with-rundir option to configure
On 22/02/17 07:53, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 20/02/17 16:19, Andrew Cooper wrote: >> On 20/02/17 14:43, Juergen Gross wrote: >>> On 20/02/17 15:31, Wei Liu wrote: >>>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 08:47:07AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: >>>>> There have been reports that Fedora 25 uses /run instead of /var/run. >>>>> >>>>> Add a --with-rundir option ito configure to be able to specify that >>>> I've read this thread but I'm not sure if I need to take any action or >>>> all the comments addressed -- especially the part about autoconf. >>> Andrew, are you fine with my answer regarding autoconf? Or do you have >>> some information regarding --runstatedir which could help? >> Oh sorry. Didn't realise I was blocking here. I have no specific >> information, other than the quick search I did. >> >> Can't the future problem be worked around just with if autoconf version >> < 2.70 ? > I don't think it is possible to add configure options other than > --disable-*, --enable-*, --with-* or --without-* by other means than > patching general.m4 of autoconf. I don't think we want to do that. Ok. In which case lets go with 3). ~Andrew > > So the possibilities are: > > 1. don't support /run instead of /var/run via configure > 2. patch autoconf to support --runstatedir > 3. take this patch adding support via --with-rundir and possibly > switch over to --runstatedir when a new autoconf version is > available > > I'm in favor of (3.). > > > Juergen > _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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