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Re: LYNX-DEV lynx.cfg & 2-8
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T.E.Dickey |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV lynx.cfg & 2-8 |
Date: |
Sat, 7 Mar 1998 16:19:04 -0500 (EST) |
> 980307 Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > The quick fix is just to remove config.cache
> > so that the configure script doesn't remember what it last determined.
>
> no, don't do that! it really does save time for most users.
> if you can't fix configure.in today quick'n'easy,
> at most add something somewhere in INSTALLATION to complement the warning
> to make clean , but telling folx to remove config.cache if necessary.
well - take a look at my last change to INSTALLATION and see if that looks
ok (I'm working on ncurses right now while I await feedback on 2.8pre.5):
NOTE: Configure has a number of useful options. Please see below.
+ NOTE: The 'configure' script generates auxiliary files "config.status"
+ "config.cache" and "config.log". Normally you will not notice these;
+ they are created automatically and removed by a "make distclean".
+
+ + If you wish to rebuild Lynx with a new host, or change ANY of the
+ parameters which are stored in config.cache, you MUST first remove
+ the config.cache file before running configure; its options do NOT
+ override the settings in that file.
+
+ + The config.status file is a script which creates (or regenerates) the
+ files created by the configure script.
+
+ Please report problems in the configure/make process by including a copy
of+ config.status, config.cache and config.log, as well as the pertinent
+ compiler diagnostics.
+
NOTE: Lynx is a curses-based application, so you must have a curses
--
Thomas E. Dickey
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http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey