[sr #108144] ./configure could recommend packages to install through local package manager

[Andrew Engelbrecht]

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                 Summary: ./configure could recommend packages to install
through local package manager
                 Project: Autoconf
            Submitted by: sudoman
            Submitted on: Thu 27 Sep 2012 03:08:00 PM EDT
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                Severity: 1 - Wish
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

when ./configure can't find libraries that need to be installed, why not print
a helpful command describing which packages can be installed through say apt,
or pacman, depedning on the distro?




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