On 2/04/2016 11:16 PM, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Apr 2016, David Crayford wrote:
>
>> OK, the first part was easy! I've built it and using a custom config
>> copying some defines from the TPF config to enable code page
>> conversions. I'm having problems with the build. The z/OS linker is
>> different in that it uses different options. Libtool is killing me
>> here as it's obscuring things. I would rather see the full verbose
>> commands instead of CCLD curl.
>
> Use 'make V=1' to get the full command lines displayed.
>

Thanks, that did the trick!

>> I noticed that the TPF port uses it's own Makefiles. I don't really
>> want to do that but maybe that's the best option.
>
> It is the less good option. Having separate makefiles or any custom
> build option that is not based on configure or the existing
> Makefile.inc files means your build is much more likely to go stale
> faster and you'll need to pay more attention and work harder over time
> to keep it up to date.
>

Agreed. I think a working configure script is a must. One problem is
that the autoconf on z/OS is old and can't be used for cURL which
requires a more recent version.

> The ones having separate makefiles should basically be the ones who
> can't do it any other way.
>

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