Hi,
On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 01:01:03AM +0100, Gregorio Guidi wrote:
> I think the 'standard' way to use AC_ARG_WITH (from the packager's point of
> view) in a case such as the acl one, should be like this:
> If the user gave --without-acl, disable acl support
this is usual practice, there is not much need to emphasize it.
> without checking if it's available on the system.
Sound nice, but there might be some technical problem. (I'll post a separate
mail in a minute.) For now, don't mention this.
> If the user gave --with-acl, check if acl is available on the system and
> enable it; if acl cannot be found on the system, fail with an error (because
> the user explicitely requested acl support).
Yes, that needs to be emphasized.
> If the user didn't give --with-acl or --without-acl, check for acl and enable
> it if it's availabe.
Perhaps the package author thinks the acl support is not stable enough.
So we cannot require this, the author can change any default they want.
Have a nice day,
Stepan
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