[Python-Dev] configuration "feature"

[Guido van Rossum]

> I just checked out a fresh copy of Python from Sourceforge
> on a Solaris 5.8 machine, and typed:
> 
>     ./configure -with-cxx
> 
> rather than
> 
>     ./configure -with-cxx=g++
> 
> It generates a makefile with "CXX=yes", so "make" produces:
> 
>     bash-2.03$ make
>     yes -c -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I. -I./Include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> \
>         -o Modules/ccpython.o ./Modules/ccpython.cc
>     make: yes: Command not found
> 
> :-)

Use the SourceForge bug tracker, please!

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)