[gobolinux-devel] Recipe types

[Lucas C. Villa Real]

On 8/3/06, Dan <theyranos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm about to commit a change to Compile to use type=<recipe_type>
> > instead of is_<recipe_type>=yes.
>
> I assume you have some facility for backwards-compatibility in there?

I hope so, too :-)

> > Before I commit I have some questions. The variable name; as it is
> > inside the recipe, "type" should be clear enough, but as the word
> > "type" is a reserved word, it can be used as a variable but I don't
> > like it, maybe "is_type" or "recipe_type" is better?
>
> My vote would be for recipe_type. It's less ambiguous, and won't get
> highlighted by vim :)

Yes, I prefer recipe_type too.

> > When I'm at it, why is one type called "compileprogram" and not
> > "autoconf" or "configure", which is, imo, more natural.
>
> That's a really good question. Unless someone has an objection, I
> also vote for
>
> recipe_type=autoconf

The problem is that not all 'is_compileprogram=yes' recipes are really
autoconf based. Many have hand-written configure scripts, which would
lead to somethink like "recipe_type=configure", I think. However, it
sounds better to my ears "recipe_type=autoconf".

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Lucas
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