[gnutls-dev] Time-based release schedule and GnuTLS v2.2 plans

[Simon Josefsson]

"Andrew W. Nosenko" <andrew.w.nosenko at gmail.com> writes:

> On 9/19/07, Yoshisato YANAGISAWA <yanagisawa at csg.is.titech.ac.jp> wrote:
>> OK, I will change the script to disable camellia when the result of
>> "libgcrypt --algorithms" don't have camellia.  Code in configure script
>> will be:
>>
>>      if test "`$LIBGCRYPT_CONFIG --algorithms | grep -i camellia`"; then
>>         CFLAGS += -DUSE_CAMELLIA
>>      else
>>         echo "$as_me: WARNING: camellia feature disabled" >& 2
>>      fi
>
> Please, use
>     AC_MSG_WARN([camellia feature disabled])
> or some another AC_MSG_*() macro at your taste instead of direct "echo".
> "echo" doesn't handle possible descriptor's redirection in 'configure'
> and doesn't duplicate message to the 'config.log'.

I agree, although I think that was the intention (notice that he said
'Code in configure script' not configure.in script).

> Second: why warning at all and not something like
>     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for camelia support in libgcrypt])
>     # ... actual tests here ...
>     # following assumes that result stored in the shell variable
>     # 'is_camelia_present' in the form 'yes' or 'no'.
>     if test x$is_camelia_present = xyes
>     then
>         AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
>         # ... and some additional acrtions if you want
>     else
>         AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
>         # ... and some additional acrtions if you want
>     fi

Yeah, I agree with that too.

/Simon