Hello Stefan, let's keep the list in Cc:, please; thanks. * Stefan Bienert wrote on Fri, May 15, 2009 at 02:12:56PM CEST: > > There is no problem with it. But you're inconsistent if you > > - accept an initial value, > > - change that value during configure unconditionally (i.e., without > > taking into account the initial value), > > This is where the case statement applies? Yes. That is, if entries in the variable are position-independent. > > - and save the final value at the end of configure, to be reused as > > initial value for the next configure run. > > Well, how do I prevent that for user-defined values? By not specifying it as AC_ARG_VAR, I guess. Per default, only variables passed explicitly on the configure command line are saved in config.status and restored by './config.status --recheck'. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf