Re: [HACKERS] mega-patch--tcl/tk configuration

On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > This seems to defeat the purpose of the configure script.  Isn't it
> > supposed to find whatever is needed, whereever it is, and let the rest
> > of the software do the right thing?
> >
> > In that case, it seems to me that configure should be checking all the
> > relevant version-specific locations without requiring any prompts.
> > After a few iterations, the list of appropriate directories will be
> > more-or-less all inclusive, so all will be well.  The --use-tcl or
> > whatever config option can also give an explicit location in case the
> > current ones are not appropriate.
> >
> > But removing the other directories and requiring either a special
> > installation or response to a prompt seems to go against the nature
> > (and usefulness) of the configure system.
>
> It seems tcl/tk uses directory names with version numbers, and I have
> no intention of searching for every version they have ever released.

    Why not?  Or, rather, why not just do the ones that get reported
to us?  It does hurt to, and I think it hurts more not too...