Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev@xxxxxxx> writes: > I noticed that `configure' scripts yell at `--' in command line. Thanks for pointing that out. I installed this: 2004-08-20 Paul Eggert <eggert@xxxxxxxxxxx> * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_PARSE_ARGS): Have configure handle "--" as per POSIX. Suggested by Paul Pogonyshev. Index: general.m4 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/lib/autoconf/general.m4,v retrieving revision 1.833 retrieving revision 1.834 diff -p -u -r1.833 -r1.834 --- general.m4 20 Aug 2004 19:58:07 -0000 1.833 +++ general.m4 20 Aug 2004 22:54:51 -0000 1.834 @@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ AC_SUBST([infodir], ['${prefix}/i AC_SUBST([mandir], ['${prefix}/man'])dnl ac_prev= +ac_dashdash= for ac_option do # If the previous option needs an argument, assign it. @@ -556,7 +557,9 @@ do # Accept the important Cygnus configure options, so we can diagnose typos. - case $ac_option in + case $ac_dashdash$ac_option in + --) + ac_dashdash=yes ;; -bindir | --bindir | --bindi | --bind | --bin | --bi) ac_prev=bindir ;; _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf