#46362 [Opn->WFx]: Misleading error message in configure script

ID: 46362 Updated by: jani@php.net Reported By: max at awakers dot com -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Bug Type: Compile Warning Operating System: Centos 5.2 PHP Version: 5.2.6 New Comment: The text is fine as is. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-10-22 08:51:07] max at awakers dot com Description: ------------ Refering bug #42907 When supplying bogus parameters to the ./configure script, it reports the following Notice: Following unknown configure options were used: This is a bit misleading as some people assume that it was used by the configuration script, while the message states that the user used those invalid parameters. Reproduce code: --------------- add any -whatever-param to the config script Expected result: ---------------- That's a catch-22 because 50% of the users will assume that "used" has the config script as the subject, while the other 50% will assume that it refers to the user. Let's make it a bit clearer. For example Notice: The ollowing unknown configure options were supplied but not used: Actual result: -------------- Notice: Following unknown configure options were used: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46362&edit=1