Re: [PATCH] use libcrypto routines in gnulib

[Paul Eggert]

On 12/03/2013 05:45 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> I'll probably do this in coreutils configure.ac before gl_INIT,
> so as to at least set the default as coreutils wants and caters for,
> and allowing users to --without-openssl if they want.
>
> dnl Enable use of libcrypto by default
> AS_VAR_SET_IF([with_openssl], [], [with_openssl=maybe])

OK, but this means that the configure --help output is still wrong, since it
says the default is 'no'?

>
> Hmm, I don't think the above mentioned fail if not available?
> I'm using "maybe" above anyway, so that "yes" may be
> treated like this in future.

Perhaps I'm reading too much into the standards, but that's how
--with-jpeg etc. behave in GNU Emacs 'configure'.