Re: [HACKERS] Configure problem, redux (was Re: TCL installation troubles)

On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Look in Makefile.global.  It is huge, and very hard to understand, even
> for veteran developers.  I agree people should be able to twiddle with
> Makefile.custom, but they MUST be required to supply the proper flags to
> configure.  We can't go down the road of allowing them to avoid the
> 'configure' flags, and somehow enable things in Makefile.custom.  There
> is no logical way to do that, and unless we want to prevent 'configure'
> from doing the things it does so well, we will have to live with that
> limitation.
> 
> I have my configure command and flags in a script and use run it as part
> of the cvs update I do to keep my sources current.
Must agree here...that was what screwed me on the --with-perl :)
I had that set to, and tried to do a 'make install' as myself, which
*should* have worked, except that it tried to install perl stuff too...
I've never used Makefile.custom myself, as much because I never
remember it is there as that its never been required (configure *should*
handle all that)...
In fact...other then those that are "veterans", how many ppl out
there even know it exists?  I think its more a legacy feature then
anything...

Marc G. Fournier                                
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
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