Comment 3 for bug 1147028
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| Galen Charlton (gmc) wrote Re: [Bug 1147028] [NEW] Build System Prerequisite Installation Improvements | #3 |
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On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Jason Stephenson
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> The number one suggestion in this area is to split the different OS
> specific instructions into their own files or hierarchy of files. These
> could be included from the main Makefile.install and it could still be
> run in the same manner as it is at present. Separating the various OS
> dependencies into their own files will make it easier for different
> developers to each maintain prerequisites for the systems that interest
> them.
That seems reasonable to me, but if we split them, we should pair it
with a platform-
installation has all of the necessary dependencies installed.
Probably doesn't need to be elaborate, just enough to make either
configure or the Makefile complain in a useful fashion.