Re: Nifty feature

Gwynne Raskind wrote: > On Jul 17, 2007, at 3:44 PM, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: >>>> Hey Jani, nice job on the unknown configure options check. I saw the >>>> commit go through a couple of days ago, and today it got me to clean up >>>> an ancient build script I have been using for ages when it gave me >>>> this: >>>> >>>> Notice: Following unknown configure options were used: >>>> >>>> --with-pdflib=/usr/local >>>> --enable-gd-imgstrttf >>>> --with-expat=/usr >>>> --with-xmlreader >>>> >>>> Check './configure --help' for available options >>> This is exactly why I added it. :) >>> >>> Only side-effect is that any 3rd party extension which happens to use >>> the AC_ARG_* macros will cause it to report those as "unknown". But >>> perhaps it's time to be update.. ;) >>> >>> *cough* APC *cough* >> But this check isn't in a phpize-generated configure script, so I don't >> see how this is a problem. The number of people who build pecl >> extensions in the main source tree can probably be counted on one hand. > > *raises hand* I do... all the time. *crawls back under her rock* Can you explain why? I find it much easier to build the non-core stuff separately so I can update either without affecting the other. -Rasmus