From unknown Mon Sep 08 03:01:34 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#11555: Remove the --disable-maintainer-mode option from 'configure' Resent-From: Paul Eggert Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 07:54:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 11555 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch To: 11555@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.133793240822717 (code B ref -1); Fri, 25 May 2012 07:54:01 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 May 2012 07:53:28 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42902 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SXpKx-0005uL-O5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 May 2012 03:53:28 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53766) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SXpKc-0005tg-LJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 May 2012 03:53:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SXpJR-0007K7-2q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 May 2012 03:51:59 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:49782) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SXpJQ-0007K1-W0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 May 2012 03:51:53 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59882) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SXpJO-0001Cr-U3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 25 May 2012 03:51:52 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SXpJK-0007JW-Jf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 25 May 2012 03:51:50 -0400 Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.62]:39433) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SXpJK-0007JP-BH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 25 May 2012 03:51:46 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E465239E800D for ; Fri, 25 May 2012 00:51:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp.cs.ucla.edu Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 7VOXG+vPAtEW for ; Fri, 25 May 2012 00:51:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (pool-71-189-109-235.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [71.189.109.235]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4095D39E8006 for ; Fri, 25 May 2012 00:51:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FBF3A11.9090504@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 00:51:45 -0700 From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120430 Thunderbird/12.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -6.2 (------) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.2 (------) Tags: patch This follows up on our two conversations last year on this topic. === modified file 'ChangeLog' --- ChangeLog 2012-05-22 16:20:27 +0000 +++ ChangeLog 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +2012-05-25 Paul Eggert + + Remove the --disable-maintainer-mode option from 'configure'. + It is confusingly named and rarely useful. See, for example, + . + * INSTALL.BZR: Don't mention --disable-maintainer-mode. + * Makefile.in (MAINTAINER_MODE_FLAG): Remove; all uses removed. + * configure.in: Remove --disable-maintainer-mode. + (USE_MAINTAINER_MODE, MAINT): Remove. + 2012-05-22 Paul Eggert Remove src/m/*. === modified file 'INSTALL.BZR' --- INSTALL.BZR 2012-01-19 07:21:25 +0000 +++ INSTALL.BZR 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ If you want later builds to go faster, at the expense of sometimes doing the wrong thing if you update the build procedure, you can -invoke "./configure -C --disable-maintainer-mode" instead. +invoke "./configure -C" instead. Some of the files that are included in the Emacs tarball, such as byte-compiled Lisp files, are not stored in Bazaar. Therefore, to === modified file 'Makefile.in' --- Makefile.in 2012-05-22 01:19:43 +0000 +++ Makefile.in 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -66,10 +66,8 @@ # ==================== Things `configure' Might Edit ==================== -MAINTAINER_MODE_FLAG = --disable-maintainer-mode -@MAINT@MAINTAINER_MODE_FLAG = --enable-maintainer-mode cache_file = @cache_file@ -CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --cache-file=$(cache_file) $(MAINTAINER_MODE_FLAG) +CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --cache-file=$(cache_file) CC=@CC@ CFLAGS=@CFLAGS@ @@ -360,16 +358,17 @@ ./configure $(CONFIGURE_FLAGS); \ fi -AUTOCONF_INPUTS = @MAINT@ $(srcdir)/configure.in $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4 +AUTOCONF_INPUTS = $(srcdir)/configure.in $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4 $(srcdir)/configure: $(AUTOCONF_INPUTS) cd ${srcdir} && autoconf -ACLOCAL_INPUTS = @MAINT@ $(srcdir)/m4/gnulib-comp.m4 +ACLOCAL_INPUTS = $(srcdir)/m4/gnulib-comp.m4 $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4: $(ACLOCAL_INPUTS) cd $(srcdir) && aclocal -I m4 -AUTOMAKE_INPUTS = @MAINT@ $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4 $(srcdir)/lib/Makefile.am $(srcdir)/lib/gnulib.mk +AUTOMAKE_INPUTS = $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4 $(srcdir)/lib/Makefile.am \ + $(srcdir)/lib/gnulib.mk $(srcdir)/lib/Makefile.in: $(AUTOMAKE_INPUTS) cd $(srcdir) && automake --gnu -a -c lib/Makefile am--refresh: $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4 $(srcdir)/configure $(srcdir)/src/config.in === modified file 'admin/ChangeLog' --- admin/ChangeLog 2012-05-22 16:20:27 +0000 +++ admin/ChangeLog 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-05-25 Paul Eggert + + Remove the --disable-maintainer-mode option from 'configure'. + * make-tarball.txt: Don't worry about maintainer mode. + 2012-05-22 Paul Eggert Remove src/m/*. === modified file 'admin/make-tarball.txt' --- admin/make-tarball.txt 2012-02-04 22:12:14 +0000 +++ admin/make-tarball.txt 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -28,13 +28,7 @@ refer to a newer release of Emacs. (This is probably needed only when preparing a major Emacs release, or branching for it.) -5. Edit configure.in so that maintainer-mode is off by default. - (FIXME - need to find a better way of dealing with this. - Or maybe it's fine and indeed correct to leave it on? - See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2011-03/msg00859.html - and subsequent.) - - autoreconf -i -I m4 --force +5. autoreconf -i -I m4 --force make bootstrap 6. Commit etc/AUTHORS, all the files changed by M-x set-version, and === modified file 'configure.in' --- configure.in 2012-05-22 16:20:27 +0000 +++ configure.in 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -235,19 +235,6 @@ USE_XASSERTS=$enableval, USE_XASSERTS=no) -AC_ARG_ENABLE(maintainer-mode, -[AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-maintainer-mode], - [disable make rules and dependencies not useful (and sometimes - confusing) to the casual installer])], - USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=$enableval, - USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=yes) -if test $USE_MAINTAINER_MODE = yes; then - MAINT= -else - MAINT=# -fi -AC_SUBST(MAINT) - AC_ARG_ENABLE(locallisppath, [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-locallisppath=PATH], [directories Emacs should search for lisp files specific === modified file 'etc/ChangeLog' --- etc/ChangeLog 2012-05-07 22:53:17 +0000 +++ etc/ChangeLog 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-05-25 Paul Eggert + + Remove the --disable-maintainer-mode option from 'configure'. + * NEWS: Mention this. + 2012-05-07 Glenn Morris * forms/forms-d2.el, forms/forms-pass.el: Move here from ../lisp. === modified file 'etc/NEWS' --- etc/NEWS 2012-05-25 00:55:40 +0000 +++ etc/NEWS 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ no warnings; on older and on non-GNU systems the generated warnings may be useful. +** The configure option '--disable-maintainer-mode' has been removed, +as it was confusingly-named and rarely useful. + --- ** Emacs uses libtinfo in preference to libncurses, if available. From unknown Mon Sep 08 03:01:34 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.428 (Entity 5.428) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Paul Eggert Subject: bug#11555: closed (Re: Remove the --disable-maintainer-mode option from 'configure') Message-ID: References: <4FC90998.4020508@cs.ucla.edu> <4FBF3A11.9090504@cs.ucla.edu> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 11555 X-Gnu-PR-Package: emacs X-Gnu-PR-Keywords: patch Reply-To: 11555@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:30:02 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1338575402-7323-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1338575402-7323-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #11555: Remove the --disable-maintainer-mode option from 'configure' which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 11555@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 11555: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D11555 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1338575402-7323-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 11555-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Jun 2012 18:29:45 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53457 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SaWbY-0001tS-Jf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:29:44 -0400 Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.62]:38256) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SaWbD-0001sv-Gh for 11555-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:29:42 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B120A60013 for <11555-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 11:27:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp.cs.ucla.edu Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Xz+am3T4LhWa for <11555-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; 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Linux i686; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120430 Thunderbird/12.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: Remove the --disable-maintainer-mode option from 'configure' Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -6.2 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.2 (------) Tags: patch This follows up on our two conversations last year on this topic. === modified file 'ChangeLog' --- ChangeLog 2012-05-22 16:20:27 +0000 +++ ChangeLog 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +2012-05-25 Paul Eggert + + Remove the --disable-maintainer-mode option from 'configure'. + It is confusingly named and rarely useful. See, for example, + . + * INSTALL.BZR: Don't mention --disable-maintainer-mode. + * Makefile.in (MAINTAINER_MODE_FLAG): Remove; all uses removed. + * configure.in: Remove --disable-maintainer-mode. + (USE_MAINTAINER_MODE, MAINT): Remove. + 2012-05-22 Paul Eggert Remove src/m/*. === modified file 'INSTALL.BZR' --- INSTALL.BZR 2012-01-19 07:21:25 +0000 +++ INSTALL.BZR 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ If you want later builds to go faster, at the expense of sometimes doing the wrong thing if you update the build procedure, you can -invoke "./configure -C --disable-maintainer-mode" instead. +invoke "./configure -C" instead. Some of the files that are included in the Emacs tarball, such as byte-compiled Lisp files, are not stored in Bazaar. Therefore, to === modified file 'Makefile.in' --- Makefile.in 2012-05-22 01:19:43 +0000 +++ Makefile.in 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -66,10 +66,8 @@ # ==================== Things `configure' Might Edit ==================== -MAINTAINER_MODE_FLAG = --disable-maintainer-mode -@MAINT@MAINTAINER_MODE_FLAG = --enable-maintainer-mode cache_file = @cache_file@ -CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --cache-file=$(cache_file) $(MAINTAINER_MODE_FLAG) +CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --cache-file=$(cache_file) CC=@CC@ CFLAGS=@CFLAGS@ @@ -360,16 +358,17 @@ ./configure $(CONFIGURE_FLAGS); \ fi -AUTOCONF_INPUTS = @MAINT@ $(srcdir)/configure.in $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4 +AUTOCONF_INPUTS = $(srcdir)/configure.in $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4 $(srcdir)/configure: $(AUTOCONF_INPUTS) cd ${srcdir} && autoconf -ACLOCAL_INPUTS = @MAINT@ $(srcdir)/m4/gnulib-comp.m4 +ACLOCAL_INPUTS = $(srcdir)/m4/gnulib-comp.m4 $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4: $(ACLOCAL_INPUTS) cd $(srcdir) && aclocal -I m4 -AUTOMAKE_INPUTS = @MAINT@ $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4 $(srcdir)/lib/Makefile.am $(srcdir)/lib/gnulib.mk +AUTOMAKE_INPUTS = $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4 $(srcdir)/lib/Makefile.am \ + $(srcdir)/lib/gnulib.mk $(srcdir)/lib/Makefile.in: $(AUTOMAKE_INPUTS) cd $(srcdir) && automake --gnu -a -c lib/Makefile am--refresh: $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4 $(srcdir)/configure $(srcdir)/src/config.in === modified file 'admin/ChangeLog' --- admin/ChangeLog 2012-05-22 16:20:27 +0000 +++ admin/ChangeLog 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-05-25 Paul Eggert + + Remove the --disable-maintainer-mode option from 'configure'. + * make-tarball.txt: Don't worry about maintainer mode. + 2012-05-22 Paul Eggert Remove src/m/*. === modified file 'admin/make-tarball.txt' --- admin/make-tarball.txt 2012-02-04 22:12:14 +0000 +++ admin/make-tarball.txt 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -28,13 +28,7 @@ refer to a newer release of Emacs. (This is probably needed only when preparing a major Emacs release, or branching for it.) -5. Edit configure.in so that maintainer-mode is off by default. - (FIXME - need to find a better way of dealing with this. - Or maybe it's fine and indeed correct to leave it on? - See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2011-03/msg00859.html - and subsequent.) - - autoreconf -i -I m4 --force +5. autoreconf -i -I m4 --force make bootstrap 6. Commit etc/AUTHORS, all the files changed by M-x set-version, and === modified file 'configure.in' --- configure.in 2012-05-22 16:20:27 +0000 +++ configure.in 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -235,19 +235,6 @@ USE_XASSERTS=$enableval, USE_XASSERTS=no) -AC_ARG_ENABLE(maintainer-mode, -[AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-maintainer-mode], - [disable make rules and dependencies not useful (and sometimes - confusing) to the casual installer])], - USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=$enableval, - USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=yes) -if test $USE_MAINTAINER_MODE = yes; then - MAINT= -else - MAINT=# -fi -AC_SUBST(MAINT) - AC_ARG_ENABLE(locallisppath, [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-locallisppath=PATH], [directories Emacs should search for lisp files specific === modified file 'etc/ChangeLog' --- etc/ChangeLog 2012-05-07 22:53:17 +0000 +++ etc/ChangeLog 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-05-25 Paul Eggert + + Remove the --disable-maintainer-mode option from 'configure'. + * NEWS: Mention this. + 2012-05-07 Glenn Morris * forms/forms-d2.el, forms/forms-pass.el: Move here from ../lisp. === modified file 'etc/NEWS' --- etc/NEWS 2012-05-25 00:55:40 +0000 +++ etc/NEWS 2012-05-25 07:14:25 +0000 @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ no warnings; on older and on non-GNU systems the generated warnings may be useful. +** The configure option '--disable-maintainer-mode' has been removed, +as it was confusingly-named and rarely useful. + --- ** Emacs uses libtinfo in preference to libncurses, if available. ------------=_1338575402-7323-1--