I'm not sure I know what was being meant here for sure either but my
interpretation is that configuration items such as the CC and CFLAGS
Make variables (which are as I say unfortunately sometimes taken from
the environment) have the nature of being variables
This is starting to m
[ On Friday, September 15, 2000 at 16:29:04 (-0600), Richard Stallman wrote: ]
> Subject: [Autoconf] Re: HTML format documentation
>
> The GNU coding standards explicitly specifies the possible configure
> options. Whatever names we choose for new options, they will have to
>
The GNU coding standards explicitly specifies the possible configure
options. Whatever names we choose for new options, they will have to
be given in the coding standards. They will not be exceptions, they
will be defined options.
I agree, and this is why I proposed to move the foodir into
[ On Tuesday, September 12, 2000 at 14:12:42 (-0600), Richard Stallman wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: HTML format documentation
>
> It is an incompatible change in the spec, and that is very bad.
There are ways to fix what might be called ``design flaws'' without
causing permanent headaches for everyone
> "Richard" == Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> XEmacs already uses --with-cc and --with-cflags, although I'd tend
> to go for the shorter --cc=sun-cc and --cflags=-O2. You'd also need
> --cxx and --cxx-flags; I'm not sure what other environment variables
> are similarly specia
| So maybe something like
| --set-CFLAGS=-ggdb?
|
| That is a uniform scheme but not very convenient. Since all of these
| options would be designated by us, and we would make an explicit list
| of them, we don't have to limit ourselves to a simple uniform naming
| scheme.
Please, do
Hence, we need an open scheme, so I think --VAR=VAL is wrong, there is
way too much risks to confuse actual options with variables, or to
forbid any extension in the future.
I think you are right--if we use options, the option name should not have
to be the same as the variable name.
XEmacs already uses --with-cc and --with-cflags, although I'd tend to go
for the shorter --cc=sun-cc and --cflags=-O2. You'd also need --cxx and
--cxx-flags; I'm not sure what other environment variables are similarly
special.
If we go in that direction, should we say that ALL th
