The config option just makes it easier to find, especially when you delete aspell from the tree.
You would basically try to accomplish, that: ./configure --help | grep aspell yields something and possibly hint to pspell. How that is done is insignificant. But adding --with-gnu-aspell would allow to move it to that name at some point in time, since GNU packages generally don't change names :-) my 2.20173 eurocents :) At 10:20 10/7/2002 -0700, Vlad Krupin wrote: >The new and improved GNU aspell happpens to be almost 100% >source-compatible with pspell, in fact, no changes to php source are >necessary to use it. I am against creating a yet-another config option. >We've got a few of those already. > >I have no problem with nuking aspell and placing a dummy entry in the docs >(akin to www.php.net/delete) telling people to use pspell, because, as far >as PHP is concerned, it's the same thing, if that's ok with everyone else. >But I don't see a good reason for an alias where you don't need one. > >just my 2 kopecks :) > >Vlad > >Melvyn Sopacua wrote: > >>Agreed, but there's one problem: >> >>The pspell as you know and love it, is now named "GNU Aspell 0.52". >>The pspell extension must be used, to build with GNU Aspell - the API has >>been >>kept as an 'alias' for this purpose. >> >>So I vote for: >>--with-aspell -> /dev/null >>--with-gnu-aspell -> AC_ARG_WITH alias for --with-pspell - nothing more. >> >>No seperate directory, nor renaming or aliasing of functions. >> >> >>At 13:51 10/7/2002 +0200, DJ Anubis wrote: >> >>>Le Lundi 7 Octobre 2002 13:39, Jan Lehnardt a écrit : >>> > Hey there hard working folks, >>> > aspell was replaced by pspell looooong ago, hence I like to remove aspell >>> > from the main source tree to either PECL or /dev/null. Any objections? >>> > >>> > Comments are highly welcome. >>> >>>Hi, >>> >>>You're right. aspell is a survival of an antiquated tradition. pspell is >>>much >>>better. So /dev/null sounds a great place for antiques ;-) >>> >>>DJ Anubis >>> >>> >>>-- >>>PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> >>>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> >>Met vriendelijke groeten / With kind regards, >> >>Webmaster IDG.nl >>Melvyn Sopacua >> >><@Logan> I spent a minute looking at my own code by accident. >><@Logan> I was thinking "What the hell is this guy doing?" >> > > >-- >Vlad Krupin >Software Engineer >echospace.com > > > > > ____________________________________________________ </MELVYN> void wakeup() { for(unsigned int cuppajava;drink();cuppajava++); } -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
