Re: configure suggestions

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On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Michal Vitecek wrote:

>  i think that the way configure is done now is not very standard one. how
> about simple options (on the command line) like those (an example):
>   --prefix=<dir>     - prefix for other dirs; 
> 			<dir>/share/afterstep
> 			<dir>/X11R6/bin    (if prefix==/usr)
>   			  <dir>/bin	   (otherwise (/usr/local etc.))
> 			<dir>/man/man1
>   --local-prefix=<dir>  - prefix for local configurations
> 			<dir>		(normally dir is ~/G/L/A)
> 
>  and other options like:
>   --disable-new-look
>   --enable-virtual-desktop
> 
> 	etc.
> 
>  i think this would be easier to create RPMs with and write a shell script
> as a front-end wouldn't be difficult to write. basically i suggest
> configure was non-interactive.
> 
>  what do u think about it?

Sounds like a good idea.  The people on the list certainly seem to favor 
this approach. :)

> p.s: also, i don't know how configure solves situation when one of the
> *needed* libs is not found. does it stop?

There's only one lib we can't do without - libX11. (well, ignoring libc, 
anyway)  The standard thing seems to be to stop configure immediately and 
print an error message.  What we do is ignore the condition.

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Ethan Fischer
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