> I did a simple test to see how config.site parameters are handled. > The test shows that parameters set in config.site override parameters > set as configure options. The CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS options from > config.site were used rather than options provided via configure's > command line. > > It seems to me that command-line provided parameters should override > those obtained from config.site. > > Bob
Sounds perfectly reasonable. config.site is also loaded to late to override some startup tests. There is, however, a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem there. config.site is loaded from $prefix by default, but that can be given on the command-line. So to have optimal behaviour, we'd need to 1) check the command-line for --prefix 2) load config.site 3) check the rest of the command line
