Hello,
On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 01:22:20PM +0000, Keith MARSHALL wrote:
> given the documented guidelines, I would tend to agree that AC_ARG_ENABLE
> is probably the more appropriate, in this case; however, the OP may think
> that `--without-gcclib' makes better semantic sense than `--enable-gcclib'
> for his particular implementation.
even though `--without-gcclib' might sound better to a newcomer, the
convention is that:
`--without-gcclib' means that gcclib is not installed on the host system
`--disable-gcclib' implies that this package contains a subsystem called
gcclib, and it means that this subsystem should not be built
This convention is not obvious until someone tells you about it; yet it is
good to follow it because of people who know about it and expect it.
That's why I jumped in: to encourage following the documented semantics,
instead of mere guess.
Have a nice day,
Stepan Kasal
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