Re: [dev] [PATCH][blind] alloca #include for BSDs

From: Nick <suckless-dev_AT_njw.me.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 17:23:32 +0000

Quoth Anthony J. Bentley:
> Variables set with = can easily be overridden by packagers simply by
> passing them as arguments to make(1).
>
> That's fine for warnings and optimization flags since changing them
> doesn't hurt anything. If -std=c99 is necessary for the build, it
> shouldn't be in CFLAGS at all for that reason.

I see the logic, however to my knowledge no distributor has ever
complained about the build process for dwm, which uses the same
system, and is very widely distributed. So I'd be inclined to keep
it as is until such a time as someone comes up with a real use-case
for changing it.
Received on Mon Jan 29 2018 - 18:23:32 CET