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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "SZEDER Gábor" <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Cc: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: On overriding make variables from the environment...
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:49:04 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq1s8n5sjj.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181017142923.GR19800@szeder.dev> ("SZEDER Gábor"'s message of "Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:29:23 +0200")

SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com> writes:

> So, then it's either 'config.mak', or passing a 'CC=$CC' argument to
> _all_ make commands, including those that are not supposed to build
> anything, but only run the tests.  I find the latter aesthetically not
> particularly pleasing.

The config.mak file is available for individual builder-testers to
customize their build, and in the context of this discussion, I
think the CI builder is just one particular individual who happens
to be non human.  If it is easy to throw suitable settings from within
the CI configuration .yaml files into config.mak, I'd think that is
exactly how the mechanism was invented to be used, so...

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-10-18 12:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-16 18:45 On overriding make variables from the environment SZEDER Gábor
2018-10-16 21:54 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-10-16 22:33   ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-10-16 22:40     ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-10-17 14:29       ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-10-18 10:01         ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-10-18 12:49         ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2018-12-20 16:24 ` [PATCH 0/5] travis-ci: build with the right compiler SZEDER Gábor
2018-12-20 16:24   ` [PATCH 1/5] compat/obstack: fix -Wcast-function-type warnings SZEDER Gábor
2018-12-20 23:12     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-01-10 21:22       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-11  0:37         ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-11 18:03           ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-11 18:51             ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-15 23:55               ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-16  1:13                 ` Jonathan Nieder
2019-01-17  1:36                   ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-16  4:16                 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-20 16:24   ` [PATCH 2/5] .gitignore: ignore external debug symbols from GCC on macOS SZEDER Gábor
2018-12-20 16:24   ` [PATCH 3/5] travis-ci: don't be '--quiet' when running the tests SZEDER Gábor
2018-12-20 16:24   ` [PATCH 4/5] travis-ci: switch to Xcode 10.1 macOS image SZEDER Gábor
2018-12-20 16:24   ` [PATCH 5/5] travis-ci: build with the right compiler SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-03 16:01     ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-01-17  1:29   ` [PATCH v2 0/5] " SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-17  1:29     ` [PATCH v2 1/5] compat/obstack: fix -Wcast-function-type warnings SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-17  1:29     ` [PATCH v2 2/5] .gitignore: ignore external debug symbols from GCC on macOS SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-17  1:29     ` [PATCH v2 3/5] travis-ci: don't be '--quiet' when running the tests SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-17 13:28       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-01-17  1:29     ` [PATCH v2 4/5] travis-ci: switch to Xcode 10.1 macOS image SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-17  1:29     ` [PATCH v2 5/5] travis-ci: build with the right compiler SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-17 13:44       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-01-17 14:56         ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-18  8:40           ` Johannes Schindelin

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