[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 04/11] Drop last parts of compatibility for the old Mesa build system.

[Andreas Boll]

2013/1/12 Kenneth Graunke <kenneth at whitecape.org>:
> On 01/11/2013 06:23 PM, Johannes Obermayr wrote:
>>
>> diff --git a/src/egl/main/Makefile.am b/src/egl/main/Makefile.am
>> index ca5257a..61192d6 100644
>> --- a/src/egl/main/Makefile.am
>> +++ b/src/egl/main/Makefile.am
>> @@ -116,13 +116,6 @@ libEGL_la_LIBADD += ../drivers/dri2/libegl_dri2.la
>>   libEGL_la_LIBADD += $(LIBUDEV_LIBS) $(DLOPEN_LIBS) $(LIBDRM_LIBS)
>>   endif
>>
>> -# Provide compatibility with scripts for the old Mesa build system for
>> -# a while by putting a link to the driver into /lib of the build tree.
>> -all-local: libEGL.la
>> -       $(MKDIR_P) $(top_builddir)/$(LIB_DIR);
>> -       ln -f .libs/libEGL.so.1.0.0 $(top_builddir)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so.1
>> -       ln -sf libEGL.so.1 $(top_builddir)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so
>> -
>>   pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
>
>
> Installing a copy of everything in lib/ was actually a convenience for
> developers wanting to test newly built stuff without having to 'make
> install'.  Not really old build system cruft.
>
> I use this all the time.  I'd be OK with removing it and adjusting to more
> standard practices, but I wanted to make sure everyone was aware it was
> happening.
>

Maybe we should wait with this patch until we get more response,
because the last time we brought up removing this we get some objections[0].
As a consequence I've had to add all the compatibility links to the
automake-gallium branch.

[0] Thread started here:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2012-September/027889.html