Re: HTML format documentation

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Alexandre explained very well something which concerns many of us.

It is hard to have this scheme work, and most packages have it wrong,
so basically you should just not rely on this (unless you are ready to
start again from scratch, and this time being honest and telling the
truth to configure).

Since it is a painful feature to maintain, since it makes simple
things such as #defining a path in config.h (which is what most people
still want to do), and since you should not depend upon it, compared
to Alexandre...

Alexandre> Of course, sometimes it's convenient to change these
Alexandre> options at build time, but the potential for trouble is
Alexandre> such that I wouldn't recommend this practice.

I would even prevent this practice, make it invalid.