Re: config.cache considered harmful

[Martin Buchholz]

>>>>> "PR" == Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> Oops.  Actually I'm not doing it by hand - I was thinking of what
>> happens when you change configure.in rather than Makefile.am.  Changes
>> to configure.in are typically somewhat rarer.

PR> ... and the person doing them is supposed to understand how caching works
PR> and whether config.cache should be removed, edited or left as is.

Make the defaults safe, and give the user the flexibility to use
unsafe shortcuts using explicit directives.  Passing CFLAGS directly
to make is a perfect example.

Allow the use of a cache file - just don't make it the default.