[PATCH/Samba 4] Static Makefile

[Amin Azez]

* Jelmer Vernooij wrote, On 14/02/08 15:21:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:59:36AM +0000, Amin Azez wrote:
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>> * Jelmer Vernooij wrote, On 11/02/08 12:28:
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>>> The attached patch changes Samba 4 to use a static Makefile rather than
>>> a generated one. Instead, the makefile includes a fragment with the
>>> definition of the various subsystems/libraries/binaries that is
>>> generated by smb_build. The include keyword is supported by all makes we
>>> need to support.
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>>> This somewhat reduces the responsibilities of smb_build and it should
>>> make it easier to switch to a more Samba3-like system in the future,
>>> since we would just have to write a different data.mk.
>>>       
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>> Any objection if I add and "rpm" target to this (and no doubt Mezte a
>> "deb" target if he cares to).
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>> I'm a great fan of "make rpm" and "make deb"
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> I would prefer to keep that in a separate branch unless there are
> people that can commit to keeping it up to date. Its hard to keep
> this sort of file up to date and so its likely to bitrot.
>
> I don't see the point in adding a "make deb" (why would metze be
> interested in that btw? afaik he runs SuSE), given the large amount of
> tools with which Debian packages can be built and the easy with which
> they can be used ("debuild / dpkg-buildpackage / debuild-builder /
> sbuild" is as easy as "make deb").
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jelmer
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