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Re: ac_arg_enable invalid option
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: ac_arg_enable invalid option |
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Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:48:55 -0400 (EDT) |
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 03:40:04PM -0700,
> John Ling <address@hidden> wrote
> a message of 21 lines which said:
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> > Hello, I am currently using ac_arg_enable to define several
> > --enable-feature options. However, if a user were to specify an
> > --enable-feature option that was invalid (that I did not define in
> > my configure.ac). How can I detect this and stop the configure
> > process from continuing.
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> It is a feature, not a bug. From the documentation, node "Choosing
> Package Options":
Simply because it has been commented on so often, it must be regarded as a
bug(*). I seem to recall it being suggested that an option be added to
force error messages in this case.
(*) except of course by those who prefer to blame users for tool defects.
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Thomas E. Dickey
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