> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:49:08 +0100 > From: Stefan Karrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i > > Does autoconf support /package (see http://cr.yp.to/slashpackage.html)?
That depend on what you mean by "support". It doesn't prohibit /package, but it doesn't go out of its way to help either. Suppose, for example, that an Autoconf-generated "configure" finds a package on the installer's machine at compile-time, which is not available on the run-time machine, and is not explicitly listed as a run-time dependency. The program won't work. Is that Autoconf's fault? Should Autoconf help out on this? As far as I know, nobody has really thought about these issues. Someone who likes /package will have to volunteer to do the hard slogging, I'm afraid.
