Re: R.I.P., Configure?

Ilya Zakharevich on Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:57:54 -0500

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Re: R.I.P., Configure?

To: Matias Atria <atria@math.upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: R.I.P., Configure?
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:57:54 -0500
Cc: Pari developers <pari-dev@list.cr.yp.to>
In-reply-to: <Pine.GSO.4.02.10111281927260.1098-100000@hans.math.upenn.edu>; from atria@math.upenn.edu on Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 07:35:50PM -0500
References: <20011127170916.A29584@math.ohio-state.edu> <Pine.GSO.4.02.10111281927260.1098-100000@hans.math.upenn.edu>

On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 07:35:50PM -0500, Matias Atria wrote:
> > they work *only* in the situations when *all* the interdependent parts make
> > flawless guesses.
> 
> That's what --enable, --with and environnment variables are for.

Almost never sufficient.

> I actually prefer automatic configuration, but that's a holy war.

Automatic is the default with metadist (at least if you use
  ./Configure -des
;-).

Ilya

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