On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 12:44:10AM +0200, Sven Neumann wrote: > Carol Spears <carol@xxxxxxxx> writes: > > > something should be done about it. change the spew or fix the > > linkage. i am thinking that there was a mistake made here where i > > live. > > > > i said nothong, not nothing. did i send this message down the wrong > > pipeline? > > I don't think there is anything we need to change here. You are using > a nonstandard configure option that is strictly discouraged. We know > that it doesn't work and we told you. We even plan to fix it > eventually. > you told so in email and on the irc. the very fact that i am occasionally reading the configure options alone is enough to assertain that it is not just developers reading this stuff. i would like that the message resemble the facts. you type strictly discouraged in email but the configure spew sends a different message. one that looks like a lame message for as long as it has been there. perhaps just pasting some of the email discouragements where it should be, in the configure --help spew. you know, for the honest groupies and hobbyists like me. carol
