On Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 05:12:22PM +0300, Antti Harri wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Oct 2007, Marc Espie wrote: > > >When you port software that uses GNU autoconf, you MUST be careful. > > > >This tool picks up stuff that happens to be installed on your machine. > > > >You really HAVE to read configure output, especially looking for stuff > >that's `not there'. Because on some builders machine, those things WILL > >be there. > > > >*AND IT WILL FUCK THINGS UP*. > > > >It is not hard to do, and it is WAYS simpler to do while you run the port, > >than having to fix a BOGUS port once it breaks on your machine. > > Hi Marc. > > So what's the solution? --without-switches?
Depends. You just have to be careful and read things through. There's no substitute for engaging your brain, you know.
