On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 01:06:49PM +0100, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:

> I've looked at util/mk1mf.pl and wondered for a long time why it does
> it's own configuration stuff (from all the util/pl/*.pl files) instead
> of relying on data created by Configure.  When one looks in Configure,
> one can find entries for the Windows targets all right, but with no C
> flags or anything like that.  Those things are instead in the
> util/pl/*.pl files.
> 
> This can be terribly confusing when one tries to find out what options
> are actually used in a build.  Too many places to look around in.
> 
> Is there any reason for this?  If not, I'll work on unifying this (not
> immediately, however).

Maybe there are historic reasons for this, but I'm sure there are no
good reasons.  It certainly should be unified to simplify everything.


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