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Re: pcp updates

To: Max Matveev <makc@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: pcp updates
From: Nathan Scott <nscott@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:41:55 +1100
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On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 10:38 +1100, Max Matveev wrote:
> 
> config.done is an artifact of Makefile to record state generated by
> make as part of its ruleset, it was never meant to be used as an
> indicator of a random configure run. If user knows what she's doing,
> she should create the file manually, if she doesn't  then she should
> not mess with configure options or we'd never have reproducible
> builds.
> 

Most users expect to be able to do what James did - type:
./configure --prefix=xxx && make

That basic function does not work in the PCP build atm,
and the only sensible way I see to fix it, while keeping
the automatic ./configure via make, is the above change.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan


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