Hello, On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 01:22:20PM +0000, Keith MARSHALL wrote: > given the documented guidelines, I would tend to agree that AC_ARG_ENABLE > is probably the more appropriate, in this case; however, the OP may think > that `--without-gcclib' makes better semantic sense than `--enable-gcclib' > for his particular implementation. even though `--without-gcclib' might sound better to a newcomer, the convention is that: `--without-gcclib' means that gcclib is not installed on the host system `--disable-gcclib' implies that this package contains a subsystem called gcclib, and it means that this subsystem should not be built This convention is not obvious until someone tells you about it; yet it is good to follow it because of people who know about it and expect it. That's why I jumped in: to encourage following the documented semantics, instead of mere guess. Have a nice day, Stepan Kasal _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
