Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?

[Miles Bader]

"Jan D." <address@hidden> writes:
>>>I.e. just transform the current error into a warning.
>> 
>> I'd suggest this as the short-term fix.  It can use appropriately big
>> letters or whitespace or whatever, to be noticeable.
>
> I've used some withespace and some '***' to make it stand out.  But it
> still flashes by very fast on a reasonable new machine, so unless you
> are looking at the configure output (I usually don't) you probably
> will miss it.

How about outputting it again/instead at the end of the configure output
(after it prints the summary of the configuration); then it should be
just before the user's prompt.

-Miles
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