Re: [dev] [surf] Errors compiling the surf-webkit2 branch

From: Albert Cardona <sapristi_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 16:17:32 -0400

2017-05-29 16:08 GMT-04:00 Quentin Rameau <quinq_AT_fifth.space>:
>> >> Hi all,
>
> Hi Albert,
>
>> >> Upon compiling the surf-webkit2 with either cc or clang, I am
>> >> getting a number of errors.
>> >
>> > I wonder if your config.h is outdated and is supposed to declare
>> > these. Not familiarvwith surf myself.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Thank you David, I had failed to notice that config.h had been moved
>> to config.def.h (which makes sense).
>>
>> Removing my old config.h and symlinking to config.def.h addressed
>> these surprising issues.
>
> No. That's not how it works.
> config.h is for your local changes, it's copied automatically (through
> the Makefile) from config.def.h, which obviously are the defaults.
> And this has always been the case.


Thank you, that makes it clear. The git history shows that config.h
was managed by git in September 2009, hence my comment.
Received on Mon May 29 2017 - 22:17:32 CEST