Re: Use of config.h: summary of responses.

[Thomas Dickey]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Ralf Corsepius wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 11:40, Dale Mellor wrote:
> > For the record...
> >
> >    I recieved about half a dozen responses to this and the overriding
> > message is: config.h is worse than useless for packages which install
> > libraries and public header files, so don't use it
>
> That's FUD.
>
> The essence is: Don't install config.h headers. They are not designed
> nor supposed to be installed. If you nevertheless insist on installing
> then, you are on your own.

Since the topic comes up regularly, and the knee-jerk response from
regulars on this list is always some variation on the above, it's fairly
apparent that there is no intention on their part to resolve the problem.

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