[Dnsmasq-discuss] [PATCH] Add support for autotools

[Simon Kelley]

On 09/09/12 06:57, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
> El dom 09 sep 2012 02:03:11 CLST, Shantanu Gadgil escribió:
>> If this is done, won't the autotools chain will be a prerequisite for
>> dnsmasq to be built.
>>
>> Maybe OK for Linux OSes ... not necessary for other platforms/OSes
>> (think Solaris, AIX, and even more obscure, etc).
>> Why the overhead?!?
>>
>> I really like the *really really simple* Makefile based build and not
>> at all in favour of this!
> 
> 
> This **really really simple** makefiles requires constant patching and
> maintenance for distributions, in short they are a pain in the ass.

It does? How come I'm not seeing these patches fed back upstream then?
As the maintainer of the Debian (and therefore Ubuntu) packaging, I
don't have to patch the makefile.

> 
> Linux, BSDs, Solaris have automake/autoconf..etc and I could not care
> less about obscure systems. what matters is  what most people use.
> 

I wonder how this affects building on Android? Numerically, these days
that's probably the most important dnsmasq distribution channel.

It would have been useful to have talked to us before you embarked on
this work: it's a lot of effort to go to without being sure it's useful,
but I shall do my best to determine if it improves dnsmasq, without
being swayed by the sunk-cost.

Cheers,

Simon.