Re: remove external/lib/Makefile and crypto/external/lib/Makefile

[Iain Hibbert <plunky%rya-online.net@localhost>]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Bernd Ernesti wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 07:59:25AM +0000, Iain Hibbert wrote:
> > On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Alan Barrett wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 02 Nov 2010, Iain Hibbert wrote:
> > > > currently the make system builds 'external' libraries using a separate
> > > > target do-external-libs, SUBDIRing into external/lib/Makefile and
> > > > crypto/external/lib/Makefile before SUBDIR again to the build 
> > > > directory..
> > > >
> > > > the patch attached cleans that up and just SUBDIRs directly from
> > > > lib/Makefile. It also means that some ordering constraints can be more
> > > > obviously handled, perhaps we can reduce the number of .WAITs there..
> > >
> > > Could you also remove the do-gnu-lib target using the same method?
> >
> > I don't see why not.. will give it a run through
>
> That would make it harder avoiding gpl code.

How so?  Currently there is GPL code in external/gpl2/, external/gpl3/ and
gnu/ and although we have many externally maintained programs sorted by
licence there is not (yet) a way to deselect any particular one that I
know of..

iain