From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28920 invoked from network); 15 Dec 1998 05:06:20 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 15 Dec 1998 05:06:20 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id AAA28339; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 00:05:48 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 00:05:48 -0500 (EST) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <981214210433.ZM109@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 21:04:33 -0800 In-Reply-To: <19981214214156.07507@athenaeum.demon.co.uk> Comments: In reply to Phil Pennock "BUG? in configure" (Dec 14, 9:41pm) References: <19981214214156.07507@athenaeum.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.820 20aug96) To: Phil Pennock , Zsh Development Workers Subject: PATCH: 3.1.5: Re: BUG? in configure MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"BotQy2.0.hw6.iuUTs"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/4792 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Dec 14, 9:41pm, Phil Pennock wrote: } Subject: BUG? in configure } } From configure --help we see the option --program-suffix=SUFFIX listed. } } Is it my imagination or is this totally bogus? It's autogenerated by autoconf. Arguably this is a bug in autoconf, for zsh's configure.in doesn't call the macro that makes it useful. It's trivial to enable it, though: Index: configure.in =================================================================== --- configure.in 1998/12/14 17:00:14 1.1.1.4 +++ configure.in 1998/12/15 05:03:50 @@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ dnl ----------------------------- dnl CHECKING COMMAND LINE OPTIONS dnl ----------------------------- +dnl Handle --program_prefix, --program_suffix, --target, etc. +AC_ARG_PROGRAM + dnl Do you want to debug zsh? undefine([zsh-debug])dnl AC_ARG_ENABLE(zsh-debug, -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com