--site option

2016-04-03 Thread Ben Elliston
My generated configure script recognises a --site option: -site | --site | --sit) ac_prev=site ;; -site=* | --site=* | --sit=*) site=$ac_optarg ;; However, $site is never referred to. What's the purpose of this? Is it meant to be a command line analogue for the CONFIG_SITE environme

Re: --site option

2016-04-03 Thread Paul Eggert
Ben Elliston wrote: My generated configure script recognises a --site option: -site | --site | --sit) ac_prev=site ;; -site=* | --site=* | --sit=*) site=$ac_optarg ;; However, $site is never referred to. What's the purpose of this? If memory serves, there used to be a -site o

Re: --site option

2016-04-03 Thread Ben Elliston
On Sun, Apr 03, 2016 at 02:40:57PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: > If memory serves, there used to be a -site option in all 'configure' > scripts. That feature was removed decades ago, and the above code > attempts to cater to people who were invoking 'configure' with the > old option. Ah, OK, thanks