[MPlayer-dev-eng] [RFC] de-autoconf configure

[Oded Shimon]

On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 03:24:11PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 08:14:38AM -0400, John Koleszar wrote:
> > Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 09:00:53PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> > >> On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 12:09:52AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > >>> On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 06:04:15PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> > >>> burnt.  There is no good way to tell at a glance (without reading the
> > >>> source) that it's a different thing.
> > >> Reading the README?
> > > 
> > > Currently nothing in configure makes it clear that we do not use
> > > autoconf.
> > 
> > $ ./configure --help
> > <snip>
> > This configure script is NOT autoconf-based, even though its output is
> > similar.
> > It will try to autodetect all configuration options. If you --enable an
> > option
> > it will be forcefully turned on, skipping autodetection. This can break
> > compilation, so you need to know what you are doing.
> > 
> > Seems pretty clear to me :)
> 
> I added that text myself, but apparently it is not enough.  The way
> people's brains seem to work, if it looks the same, it must be the same
> thing...

Heh, I've ran  ./configure --help  close to a few hundrend times and i've 
NEVER noticed that bit... Just checked and saw it for first time...

- ods15