Package: autoconf Version: 2.61-8 Severity: wishlist This is a proposal to include an additional switch in configure scripts that can be used to override all autoconf made decisions. This would give the system builder greater control of the build. This is particularly useful for builders that are building on one machine for deployment on other machines, where decisions made by autoconf are not necessarily appropriate. By including an additional switch for manual override, we could prompt the system builder for decisions:
Here is a traditional autoconf build: ../configure checking build system type... i486-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... i486-pc-linux-gnu checking target system type... i486-pc-linux-gnu checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether ln works... yes checking for gcc... gcc Here is a alternative functionality that would be provided by the proposed switch: ../configure --manual Type new value or press enter to accept default. checking build system type [i486-pc-linux-gnu]: checking host system type [i486-pc-linux-gnu]: checking target system type [i486-pc-linux-gnu]: foo32-bar-rhubarb-bsd checking for a BSD-compatible install... [/usr/bin/install -c]: /usr/local/bin/fooinstall -foo checking whether ln works... [yes]: no checking for gcc... [gcc]: foocc Mark. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-486 Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages autoconf depends on: ii debianutils 3.0 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii m4 1.4.11-1 a macro processing language ii perl 5.10.0-19 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction Versions of packages autoconf recommends: ii automake [automaken] 1:1.10.1-3 A tool for generating GNU Standard Versions of packages autoconf suggests: pn autobook <none> (no description available) pn autoconf-archive <none> (no description available) pn autoconf-doc <none> (no description available) pn autoconf2.13 <none> (no description available) ii gettext 0.17-6 GNU Internationalization utilities pn gnu-standards <none> (no description available) ii libtool 1.5.26-4 Generic library support script -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
