Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 <at> freenet.de> writes:
> > What planet are you living on? Here on Earth, most software builds with
> > just:
> > ./configure
> > make
> > make install
> This is an urban legend.
No, it's not.
> Most packages build with
> %configure
> make
> make DESTDIR=... install
>
> If you have look into %configure you can observe what I say.
Those flags configure the package for the defaults of Fedora. They aren't
required to actually compile most software. Instead, they set distro-specific
configuration such as optimization flags, security flags and some installation
paths (such as the multilib libdir).
Nowhere does %configure explicitly set SOMERANDOMBUILDREQUIRES_LIB or other
package-specific flags. (That's why it's a common macro.)
Kevin Kofler
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