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author | Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> | 2002-04-04 15:40:01 +0000 |
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committer | Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> | 2002-04-04 15:40:01 +0000 |
commit | 8caecae59170872ce45af06f41932ad0041b7018 (patch) | |
tree | 200ddd50e2b797b1583571376c2b4c333c71a03d /TODO | |
parent | e513dbc760606a149a68c7fb2b3e003e5663d0d1 (diff) | |
download | autoconf-8caecae59170872ce45af06f41932ad0041b7018.tar.gz |
Update.
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@@ -61,6 +61,45 @@ situations. * Later +** config.site +This guy is really a problem. It's contents should be read before +handling the options, so that the latter properly override the latter, +but most people would want a means to have a config.site that depends +on $prefix for instance. + +Some other would like config.site to be looked for in the current +directory. + +Harlan: + + I'll go further. + + I'd like to see several layers of config.site available. + + I'm starting to use "modules" at more places to handle software + installation, and it would be helpful to set general things like: + + prefix=/opt/pkg/@PACKAGE@/@VERSION@ + + once at a global level, and then, for example, have things like: + + --with-etcdir=$prefix/etc + + stuffed "above" the various versions of SSH so I wouldn't have to hunt for + these things every time it was time to recompile a new version of a + previously installed package. + + Something like: + + src/config.site Global stuff + ... + src/ssh/config.site package-specific stuff + src/ssh/ssh-1.2.27/ the actual source code + + I'd like to see automake/autoconf better support packaging tools (like + modules, the *BSD ports/ stuff, and others would like hooks for RPMs). + + ** Languages Integrate other Fortrans etc. |