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Re: --with-foo= vs. FOO=${FOO:-foo_default}
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: --with-foo= vs. FOO=${FOO:-foo_default} |
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Mon, 2 Sep 2002 13:08:41 -0400 |
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On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 09:49:33AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> The pre-autoconf solution was to make people edit a C header file and
> follow somewhat cryptic instructions in comments, or edit a Makefile and
> set defaults. Surely people don't think we should go back to that? A
apparently so. The nice thing about the perspective of 10-15 years experience
programming (sic) is that the pre-autoconf era seems a long time ago.
(but I'm intrigued by seeing the pot call the kettle black ;-)
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Re: --with-foo= vs. FOO=${FOO:-foo_default}, Akim Demaille, 2002/09/03
Re: --with-foo= vs. FOO=${FOO:-foo_default}, Troy Cauble, 2002/09/06