On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 12:22:24PM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
> >>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Thomas> On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 09:17:33AM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
> >> | | This patch makes autoconf prefer configure.gnu over configure
> >> when | configuring subdirectories; this is usefull if these
> >> subdirectories also | contain packages not using autoconf. | |
> >> This patch originates from the GeekGadgets project |
> >> (http://www.ninemoons.com/GG/).
> >>
> >> I don't understand this `configure.gnu' stuff. Why is not named
> >> configure? This name is not reserved to Autoconf.
>
> Thomas> It's used in the perl packages which have used 'Configure' for
> Thomas> some time (but since it doesn't work on filesystems whose
> Thomas> names are caseless, the alternate name was chosen).
>
> What is its interface? Can / should we pass options to it? Why is it
look at perl (I've seen this other places, too, but don't recall).
> not named configure? Is it frequent to have build trees mixing
I just said:
"configure" == "Configure".
> different natures of configures? (I mean, aside from Cygnus/Autoconf).
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