On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Braden McDaniel wrote: > While you can use any value you want as the argument to a --with-* > option, anything other than "yes" or "no" usually complicates the UI and > should generally be avoided unless it is a clear simplification (IMO). > > So why not: > > ./configure --with-package1 --with-package2 > > Braden > You're confusing the semantics of --enable-* and --with-*. --with-* is intended to specify use of an optional external package and as such often needs to have the external package's location specified (e.g. --with-X=/usr/local/X11R6). If you consider a "package" to instead be an interface, say to a set of functions, it becomes sensible to specify multiple implementing packages that each provide the interface (e.g. --with-line-ui=readline,some-other-thing). I don't know if such an interpretation is sanctioned by Autoconf, but it's well within the scope of --with-*, in which case, it may be reasonable for --with-foo=bar,quux to also be expressed as --with-foo=bar --with-foo=quux. -Dan _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
