Received: from spf1.us4.outblaze.com (spf1.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.23]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j11HDGCB022634 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 17:13:18 GMT Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by spf1.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 048AD298582 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 17:13:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cw1nh-0008LN-Dr for migo@homemail.com; Tue, 01 Feb 2005 12:26:53 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Cw1mW-0007ri-46 for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Feb 2005 12:25:40 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Cw1mI-0007lD-Ow for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Feb 2005 12:25:30 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cw1mI-0007kw-Jy for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Feb 2005 12:25:26 -0500 Received: from [66.93.216.237] (helo=defaultvalue.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Cw1ZM-00060M-4c for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Feb 2005 12:12:04 -0500 Received: from trouble.defaultvalue.org (omen.defaultvalue.org [192.168.1.1]) by defaultvalue.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70B59404B for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:12:02 -0600 (CST) Received: by trouble.defaultvalue.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 317CB4109A; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:12:01 -0600 (CST) To: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] What's the rationale behind the cmd-build-config.c restrictions? References: <87zmyu50ym.fsf@trouble.defaultvalue.org> <87mzut5l5k.fsf@flame.org> From: Rob Browning Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:12:01 -0600 In-Reply-To: <87mzut5l5k.fsf@flame.org> (Matthew Dempsky's message of "Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:55:03 -0600") Message-ID: <87u0owkxwe.fsf@trouble.defaultvalue.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-BeenThere: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: a discussion list for all things arch-ish List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Errors-To: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Status: RO Content-Length: 888 Lines: 29 Matthew Dempsky writes: >> What's the rationale behind these restrictions? > > Mostly it's because the config is built relative to the tree root. I > suppose you could add a -d option (or something) for where the tree > root should be located instead, and then it's no longer necessary to > be in an arch tree. What about an optional argument, i.e. # usage: tla build-config [options] config [destination-dir] tla build-config ../../configs/foo-1.0 . Would that be better or worse? -- Rob Browning rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org; previously @cs.utexas.edu GPG starting 2002-11-03 = 14DD 432F AE39 534D B592 F9A0 25C8 D377 8C7E 73A4 _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list Gnu-arch-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/