On 13 Oct 2002, Akim Demaille wrote: > >>>>> "Bob" == Bob Friesenhahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Bob> I have learned the hard way that 'config.status --recheck' > Bob> produces incomplete results as compared to the original > Bob> 'configure' that created config.status. I assume that this is > Bob> because config.status runs configure with the extra options > Bob> '--no-create --no-recursion'. > > Bob> Is this shortcoming by design or accident? > > Both: by accident what you propose is having ./config.status kill > itself by running configure which creates it. So by design, it is > avoided.
Can the design be altered so that config.status replaces itself by running a temporary script while config.status is replaced? The key would be to avoid a sharing violation under Windows or operating systems that prevent an executing script from being replaced. > Bob> It is much more convenient to simply execute 'config.status > Bob> --recheck' rather than 'config.status --version' and then pasting > Bob> in what it prints. > > Agreed :( Yes. For the project I maintain, I typically have some 20 build directories sharing a common source directory and when I make a configure-related update it would be nice if 'config.status --recheck' would be sufficient so I wouldn't have to recollect the options used to build that directory. On a related topic, the message printed by 'config.status --recheck' is incorrect. The message printed is not properly quoted. For example: % ./config.status --recheck running /bin/bash /home/bfriesen/src/graphics/ImageMagick/configure CFLAGS=-O2 -g CXXFLAGS=-O -g --enable-maintainer-mode --with-quantum-depth=8 --enable-lzw --enable-shared --disable-static --with-windows-font-dir=/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts CC=gcc --enable-ltdl-convenience --no-create --no-recursion Does not show the quoting of the CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS options required to reflect what is actually being executed. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen
