Re: CC=cc ./configure or ./configure CC=cc

2006-08-19 Thread Karl Berry
2006-08-14 Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * make-stds.texi (menu): Adjust to changed node order. (DESTDIR): This variable is not specified to the configure script. * standards.texi (Config

Re: CC=cc ./configure or ./configure CC=cc

2006-08-17 Thread Karl Berry
The problem lies in the recheck operation of config.status: Thanks much for the explanation. Here you go. And for the new patch. I sent that to rms for his approval (of the substantive part). karl

Re: CC=cc ./configure or ./configure CC=cc

2006-08-14 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Karl, Sorry for the delay. * Karl Berry wrote on Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 12:51:10AM CEST: > > 3) There is a content error in the DESTDIR node: it does not work to > specify DESTDIR at configure time, > > Ok, good. > +./configure CC=gcc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] example > +is

Re: CC=cc ./configure or ./configure CC=cc

2006-08-10 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Karl Berry wrote on Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 12:51:10AM CEST: > > 1) First, the order of subsections output in GCS is inconsistent between > the DVI and the info output (this does not happen with sections as in > the GNU make manual, but only with the section-lowering as done for the >

Re: CC=cc ./configure or ./configure CC=cc

2006-08-10 Thread Karl Berry
Hi Ralf and all, 1) First, the order of subsections output in GCS is inconsistent between the DVI and the info output (this does not happen with sections as in the GNU make manual, but only with the section-lowering as done for the GCS; makeinfo bug lingering here?). Sorry, I don'

Re: CC=cc ./configure or ./configure CC=cc

2006-08-10 Thread Karl Berry
As mentioned in standards.texi please send a "diff -c" patch to ; Yes, although in practice bug-standards is me (filtering for rms), and I'm obviously on bug-gnulib too, so no need to do it right away :). I'll read the actual diff shortly.

Re: CC=cc ./configure or ./configure CC=cc

2006-08-10 Thread Paul Eggert
Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does this need to go by RMS, and if yes, is there > somebody to do this for me, after this has been improved to a phrasing > that finds consensus? As mentioned in standards.texi please send a "diff -c" patch to ; it'll eventually go by RMS. The patch

Re: CC=cc ./configure or ./configure CC=cc

2006-08-10 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Bruno, * Bruno Haible wrote on Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 02:14:39PM CEST: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > * standards.texi (Configuration): Document that `configure' > > should accept arguments of the form `VARIABLE=VALUE' and why > > they are preferable over environment variables. > >

Re: CC=cc ./configure or ./configure CC=cc

2006-08-10 Thread Bruno Haible
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * standards.texi (Configuration): Document that `configure' > should accept arguments of the form `VARIABLE=VALUE' and why > they are preferable over environment variables. > Suggested by Bruno Haible. Looks quite good. Just two proposed further cha

Re: CC=cc ./configure or ./configure CC=cc

2006-08-09 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Bruno, Let's move the GCS-related part of this discussion to bug-gnulib. * Bruno Haible wrote on Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 04:32:55PM CEST: > 3) A recommendation to use VAR=value in the configure command line will >not work with some 'configure' scripts that comply to GNU standards >but