Re: Modifying CFLAGS for 'make distcheck'

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> So now I had this great idea. Wouldn't it be great if I could tell
> 'make distcheck' use './configure --enable-gcc-werror'!
>
> Anyone have a clue on how to do this?

While this can certainly be done (as explained in subsequent email), 
you might want to think twice about it.  Many people consider open 
source development to be a profoundly "personal" experience and "make 
distcheck" to be a "personal" experience but for packages using an 
open license, it may be that someone else will want to perform "make 
distcheck" on your package and a benign warning originating from some 
system header file or due to a minor typing difference will prevent it 
from succeeding.

I think that "make distcheck" should be for testing the distribution 
integrity.  Packages which use free licenses like GPL should be 
lenient about minor things in order to avoid arbitrarily limiting the 
free exercise of the license.

Bob
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