Re: --with-foo= vs. FOO=${FOO:-foo_default}

[Ben Pfaff]

Russ Allbery <address@hidden> writes:

> Ben Pfaff <address@hidden> writes:
> > In my experience, a cryptic configuration file is almost always an
> > improvement over a configure switch.  To change a configure switch, I
> > have to find the program's source code and figure out and go through its
> > configuration, compilation, and installation procedure.  To change a
> > configuration file, I just have to find it and edit it, and if it's
> > well-written then it even has a comment above each option explaining my
> > choices.
> 
> You've very much missed my point, I think.

Yes.  I'll withdraw from the discussion, then.
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