Re: [Xen-devel] Re: tidy up requested

[Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 14:38 +0200, Jacob Gorm Hansen wrote:
> Sean Dague wrote:
> > 
> > :vm-tools> ./configure --with-xen-source=../wherever/you/like
> > 
> > No need for root, no need to install xen first.
> 
> Didn't work for me when I tried, plus I would like to avoid the (slow,
> messy) configure step if I can. I can't complain (though I did) if the
> authors of vm-tools feel the need to use autoconf, but I would be
> against it spreading to the rest of the xen tools.

I agree with not using autoconf, however, you should definitely use
"./configure".  Just write it as a simple shell script, as various
projects such as qemu and nfsim do.

Cheers,
Rusty.
-- 
A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver -- Richard Braakman


_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel