James Keenan (via RT) wrote:
In the meantime, however, we can provide users with an --abort-step
option to Configure.pl. This would work in a manner analogous to the
current --verbose-step option, i.e., the user gets to name one and
only one step whose failure causes Configure.pl to terminate with
extreme prejudice. That naming would be done by configuration step
number, formal name (e.g., inter::progs) or pattern match on the
step's $description.
Assignment: Provide an --abort-step option to Configure.pl.
Agreed that this is a nice incremental move toward the goal. Let's call
the option --fatal-step, instead of --abort-step. ("Abort" sounds like
we want Configure to skip the step entirely, which isn't accurate.)
Starting with just the formal name is good enough.
Allison
