Re: Problem with new configure?

Malcolm> The best I can make it is as follows. Very nice indeed! I hope it works as well for Adrian as it is pretty! Some comments: Malcolm> --with-optimization Control whether compilation is optimized. By Malcolm> --with-cflags-optimization=FLAGS Would it be too fragile and/or confusing to support things like --with-cflags-optimization=none --with-cflags-optimization=default and nuke the --with-optimization flag? (Although I can see a use for --with-optimization for people with custom option sets to simply turn them on or off while preserving the rest of the command line.) Malcolm> --with-memory-usage-stats Malcolm> Enable LISP memory usage API. I've always thought of the memory stats as something people would be curious about. How about moving them to "Memory allocation options" and turning them on by default? Malcolm> Developer options Not a very good name. Aren't all XEmacs users developers in some sense? To wit: These could go in a new section, Platform-specific (cf Infodock): Malcolm> --with-workshop Support the Sun WorkShop (formerly Sparcworks) Malcolm> development environment. Malcolm> --with-sparcworks Alias for --with-workshop I think these belong in memory allocation, with the kkcc/mc-alloc options labelled "experimental": Malcolm> --with-pdump Enable portable LISP preloader. Malcolm> --with-dump-in-exec Enable dumping into executable (enabled by default Malcolm> for `pdump', not enabled by default in combination Malcolm> with `mc-alloc'). Malcolm> --with-kkcc Enable new GC algorithms. Malcolm> --with-mc-alloc Enable new allocator. This belongs in Debugging: Malcolm> --with-assertions Compile in runtime assertions. This isn't experimental, and could go in Emacs LISP, I guess: Malcolm> --with-modules Compile in experimental support for dynamically Malcolm> loaded libraries (Dynamic Shared Objects). This could go in File-related: Malcolm> --with-zlib Support inflate (de)compression internally. This could go in a new section, Platform-specific (cf Workshop/Sparcworks): Malcolm> --with-infodock Support the Infodock version of XEmacs. Infodock is Malcolm> a SourceForge project). Look, Ma! No "Developer options" left! ;-) Urk. This should get lost, since it's not accurate with your patch (thanks again!): Malcolm> Optional Packages: Malcolm> --with-PACKAGE[=ARG] use PACKAGE [ARG=yes] Malcolm> --without-PACKAGE do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no) Malcolm> --with-x use the X Window System I suppose there's no easy way to do that, though. -- School of Systems and Information Engineering http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.