Re: [HACKERS] Configure problem, redux (was Re: TCL installation troubles)

> I certainly agree we should use configure for what it's designed to do,
> namely make intelligent configuration settings. I'm just saying that
> it is better style to record each configuration choice in only one place
> (or at least, as few places as possible) rather than make a bunch of
> copies in a bunch of not-easily-found files.
>
> This has advantages even if you don't consider hand adjustments to be
> important. Right now, if you want to find out what configure did on a
> given system, you need to look at twenty different files. (Some will
> give you no new information, but which ones?) Maintenance and support
> will be easier if there are only a couple of files that configure
> changes, and everything else just reads those files during build.

But your Makefiles become little 'sed' monsters, making it _more_
confusing for people to edit the Makefiles.

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