[bug #50928] configure should fail if "--with-x" given but can't be honored

[G. Branden Robinson]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50928>

                 Summary: configure should fail if "--with-x" given but can't
be honored
                 Project: GNU troff
            Submitted by: gbranden
            Submitted on: Wed 03 May 2017 01:36:19 PM UTC
                Severity: 2 - Minor
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

If I ask the configure script for something and it cannot honor my request, it
should not exit as if everything is okay, like a configure where X support
_wasn't_ requested.

$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME --program-prefix=local- --with-x
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
[...]
checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
checking for Xaw library and header files... no
checking for Xmu library and header files... no
configure: gxditview and xtotroff won't be built
[...]
config.status: executing depfiles commands

GNU Troff version 1.22.3
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 Prefix            : /home/branden
 Compiler          : gcc -g -O2
 X11 support       : no
 Doc build         : yes
----------------------------------------------------------------------
$ echo $?
0





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