Re: LYNX-DEV Configure patch for SCO

[T.E.Dickey]

> Well, I never had any trouble that I can recall in the last few months
> either.
> 
> The problem must be something that I did, but I don't know what.
> I unpacked the distribution into a fresh directory, typed 'configure', and
> (it never rains but it pours) this time the make file has:
> 
>       LIBS            = -lcurses -ltermcap  -lnsl -lsocket -lsocket
good (then I don't have to fix it :-)

perhaps the change that I made to cache the network library list (which allows
the script to be re-run without causing it to decide that some functions are
not available) is related.
 
in any case, you should do a "make distclean" after applying a patch,
since the assumptions within the configure script may change...

> !!
> 
> Maybe the problem is that these ac.XX versions do not unpack to different
> trees, the top-level is always lynx2-7-1, there would be an old config.cache
> and an old config.status file sitting there, and it hadn't been my practice
> to type 'make distclean'.
> 
> Could each successive ac.XX variant unpack to its own lynx2-7-1.XX file,
> please?  
it's a reasonable idea (not my department).
 
> Jean-Pierre Radley   address@hidden   XC/XT Custodian   Sysop, CompuServe 
> SCOForum

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