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[PATCH] Pass options from make to configure

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Message #11 received at 51965 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 51965 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51965: [PATCH] Pass options from make to configure
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:01:48 +0000

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>> A 'make' in a repository clone builds Emacs with the default 
>> configuration options.  It would be useful if those who want to build 
>> Emacs with other configuration options they already know could do that 
>> without going through the three-step ./autogen.sh; ./configure 
>> <options>; make.  Patch attached, with which it becomes possible to 
>> just say e.g.:
>>
>> make configure=--with-x-toolkit=lucid
>
> That sounds useful -- but if we add this, perhaps the normal Makefile 
> should also work this way?  That would be useful when doing bootstraps 
> with new configure options, which currently take two runs through 
> configure, which is a bore.  I.e.,
>
> make configure=--with-x-toolkit=lucid bootstrap
>

Indeed, that makes sense.

I attach a patch with which it is possible to say, with both the 
GNUmakefile or the Makefile:

make bootstrap configure=--with-x-toolkit=lucid

and, to go back to the default configuration:

make bootstrap configure=default

[Pass-options-from-make-to-configure-through-a-variab.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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