[Freeipa-devel] [freeipa PR#171][comment] Build system cleanup phase 2

[lslebodn]

  URL: https://github.com/freeipa/freeipa/pull/171
Title: #171: Build system cleanup phase 2

lslebodn commented:
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On (21/10/16 00:41), Petr Špaček wrote: 
>> Correct me If I am wrong. The configure script is and will be used 
>just for detection of build dependencies for C-code.  
> 
>Maybe this is why we do not understand each other. Autotools will orchestrate the complete build including configuration of Python (and other) components. This is what I meant by `Use autotools suite to orchestrate the build on the top-level` in the design document. If it is confusing I'm happy to improve it, just tell me what you want to see there. 
>

I cannot see a problem here. Design page just say that you will be able to optionally build and install
python2 and/or python3. And setuptools instead of distutils will manage that part.
I cannot see any conflict with detecting build time dependencies for C-code with enabled server and without enabled server (client_only)

>This PR starts to use configure to create symlinks in ipaplatform Python module and more things are comming. If you look at http://www.freeipa.org/page/V4/Build_system_refactoring#Configuration you will see that configure is going contain switches for Python components as well as for Javascript components. I.e. there is nothing like C-only configure anymore. 
> 

Design page says something else.
`./configure --without-python2  --without-python3  --without-pylint --without-jslint` . But I do not care about these options.

 My intention is to have a simple way how to implement "--enable-server/--disable-server". Merging everything to the one big configure script will not simplify it. It will just complicate it. And the purpose of refactoring is to make things simpler and easily maintainable.
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