Re: [Fwd: libtool AC_ARG_WITH and autoconf 2.59]

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Noah,

* Noah Misch wrote on Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 08:17:55PM CEST:
> This is an old patch from a thread of address@hidden beginning with

[ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2005-08/msg00065.html ]

> Message-ID: <address@hidden>.  It adds a macro,
> AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER, that makes `configure --help' emit option help strings
> in the order in which `configure.ac' defines them, as Autoconf 2.13 did.  
> These
> days, Autoconf emits all --enable-FOOs in order, then all -with-FOOs in order.
> 
> Should we install this?  I'm leery of hooks that allow `configure.ac' to
> substantially change the `configure' user interface.  This patch is trivial,
> though, so I'm inclined to accept it.  We'll want to document the new macro; I
> can take care of that, if needed.

I'm inclined to agree.

Cheers,
Ralf