On Saturday 21 April 2007 08:50:41 Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On April 21, 2007 3:33:08 AM -0700 David Southwell > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lastly the standard make ./configure does not work with mailman neither > > is there a record available which enables one to check the current > > settings including GID applicable to the installed version. This means > > that when an attempt is made to apply an option and the make does not > > do so there is no way one can tell!! > > If you just do make in a port (instead of make install clean), you should > have all the usual stuff in the working directory, including the results > of configure. In fact, as long as you don't do make clean, the working > directory remains, along with everything you would expect to find in a > ./configure, make, make install scenario. When things are going well I might be tempted to not make clean but when, quite clearly, something is not right with the port then why would not one make clean? Am I being unreasonable to suggest that it is good practice to have a means of determining the values of the current running configuration quite independently of the directory used for compile purposes?
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