Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The GNU coding standards say this:
> You will note that the categories `--with-' and `--enable-' are > narrow: they *do not* provide a place for any sort of option you might > think of. That is deliberate. We want to limit the possible > configuration options in GNU software. We do not want GNU programs to > have idiosyncratic configuration options. > So the recommended practice is to not do what you're doing. :-) This seems like obviously bad advice to me. How is one expected to handle something like specification of a default paper size unless there's a user switch somewhere? Surely the GNU coding standards aren't arguing that editing a cryptic configuration file is an improvement over a configure switch? > If you really want to do it anyway, despite the recommendation, I > suggest using environment variables. Wow, this seems like an even worse idea. Now the user doesn't see any mention of the option when they run ./configure --help and you have to explain how to set environment variables. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
