[FFmpeg-cvslog] r24370 - trunk/Makefile

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 08:44:49PM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> M?ns Rullg?rd <mans at mansr.com> writes:
> 
> > Reimar D?ffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> writes:
> >
> >> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 08:14:23PM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> >>> Reimar D?ffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> writes:
> >>> > Might cause issues for automated systems that don't expect things
> >>> > to hang forever.
> >>> > How about writing "... changed, rerunning configure in 10 seconds"
> >>> > and then sleep for 10 seconds?
> >>> > Allows to abort and even to "touch" the right file to avoid having
> >>> > to rerun configure if really desired.
> >>> 
> >>> Ridiculous.  The options are:
> >>> 
> >>> 1. Do nothing.  Old behaviour.
> >>> 2. Rerun configure.  Current.
> >>> 3. Print warning and carry on.  Easy to do.
> >>
> >> Maybe I miss something, but what would be the point of that?
> >
> > The point of what?  Those are _alternatives_.  When you hard-to-please
> > people have decided on one, I will implement it.
> 
> Maybe I wasn't clear: option 3 does not involve running configure
> automatically.

Ah, ok. It doesn't seem likely to me that anyone (who does not already
know what is going on) will notice the warning though.
Do you think there's actually much of an advantage to 3 over 1?