On 2-Aug-08, at 3:20 PM, Rainer Müller wrote: > Charles Darwin wrote: >> How do I insert arguments to Configure phase? In particular for >> bash I want to have the following: > > There is no way to add arbitrary configure arguments. Usually, a > variant is created if you want to use an optional feature. > >> ./configure --enable-bang-history --enable-brace-expansion -- >> enable- command-timing --enable-cond-command --enable-alias -- >> enable-arith-for- command --enable-extended-glob --enable-help- >> builtin --enable-history --enable-job-control --enable-multibyte -- >> enable-process-substitution --enable-progcomp --enable-prompt- >> string-decoding --enable-readline -- enable-select --enable- >> separate-helpfiles --enable-single-help-strings > > I am the maintainer of bash. These options are listed as optional > in ./configure --help for bash, but some seem to be enabled by > default (e.g. command timing, job control, help builtin). What are > you missing from the default install? > > Rainer
`help builtin' for one. These all point to the same page. $ man builtin $ man bash $ man history Is `--enable-progcomp' enabled by default too? How can I tell? [Makefile?] Charles _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
