"H.Merijn Brand" wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:52:03 +0100, Richard Foley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "H.Merijn Brand" wrote:
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Here I mean that Configure is unable to proceed with the given configuration,
> > > > > e.g. 'Configure -Dusethreads' on a system that does /not/ support threads or
> > > > > 'Configure -Duse64bitall' on an OS that does not support 64 bit operations.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sounds like a failure to me (being a layman :), I would have thought
> > > > Configure should step around it or fail?  Though you could always stick
> > > > in a new status?
> > > >
> > > >       crippled|injured|...
> > >
> > >         incapable
> > >
> > > > BTW that's another category is it, distinct from install?
> > > >
> > > >       configure
> > >
> > > But than we'd not be able to group the dailybuild reports, in which these
> > > configuration failures will pop-up on a daily basis.
> > >
> > > I don't think that if we're going on on this road, *any* of the smokers would
> > > be interested in ack's, wouldn't we?
> > >
> > >         category=configure
> > >         status=incapable
> > >         severity=low
> > >         ack=daily
> > >
> > ack=no
> 
> I know, but it was a suggestion to use the category for what it's meant for and
> /still/ be able to see it was from daily.
> 

Is the answer here to use more than one category?

        category=configure
        category=dailybuild
        ack=no

???

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Richard Foley
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