[Python-Dev] enabling a configure option

[Neal Norwitz]

If you only care about this running on a single machine to get some
coverage and don't care about all architectures, you can change
Misc/build.sh to add the configure option.

n

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> Martin v. Löwis <martin <at> v.loewis.de> writes:
>>
>> Me. Does it have to be a configure option? It is difficult to invoke
>> different commands in different branches; better if the configures in
>> all branches get the same options.
>
> Well, after a quick test, it seems that configure doesn't complain if you pass
> it an unknown option (at least one that begins with '--with'). So we can still
> use the same options on all branches.
>
> (as for the need for it to be a configure option, it was the consensus which
> emerged after discussion in the tracker entry, both to provide some flexibility
> and for fear that enabling it by default could trigger some compiler bugs --
> although the latter is of course unlikely)
>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.
>
>
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