[issue39160] ./configure --help has inconsistencies in style

[anthony shaw]

anthony shaw <anthony.p.shaw at gmail.com> added the comment:

Current 

 Optional Features:
  --disable-option-checking  ignore unrecognized --enable/--with options
  --disable-FEATURE       do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)
  --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
  --enable-universalsdk[=SDKDIR]
                          Build fat binary against Mac OS X SDK
  --enable-framework[=INSTALLDIR]
                          Build (MacOSX|Darwin) framework
  --enable-shared         disable/enable building shared python library
  --enable-profiling      enable C-level code profiling
  --enable-optimizations  Enable expensive, stable optimizations (PGO, etc).
                          Disabled by default.
  --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions
                          support loadable extensions in _sqlite module
  --enable-ipv6           Enable ipv6 (with ipv4) support
  --disable-ipv6          Disable ipv6 support
  --enable-big-digits[=BITS]
                          use big digits for Python longs [[BITS=30]]

 Optional Packages:
  --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
  --without-PACKAGE       do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)
  --with-universal-archs=ARCH
                          select architectures for universal build ("32-bit",
                          "64-bit", "3-way", "intel", "intel-32", "intel-64",
                          or "all")
  --with-framework-name=FRAMEWORK
                          specify an alternate name of the framework built
                          with --enable-framework
  --with-cxx-main=<compiler>
                          compile main() and link python executable with C++
                          compiler
  --with-suffix=.exe      set executable suffix
  --with-pydebug          build with Py_DEBUG defined
  --with-trace-refs       enable tracing references for debugging purpose
  --with-assertions       build with C assertions enabled
  --with-lto              Enable Link Time Optimization in any build. Disabled
                          by default.
  --with-hash-algorithm=[fnv|siphash24]
                          select hash algorithm
  --with-address-sanitizer
                          enable AddressSanitizer (asan)
  --with-memory-sanitizer enable MemorySanitizer (msan)
  --with-undefined-behavior-sanitizer
                          enable UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer (ubsan)
  --with-libs='lib1 ...'  link against additional libs
  --with-system-expat     build pyexpat module using an installed expat
                          library
  --with-system-ffi       build _ctypes module using an installed ffi library
  --with-system-libmpdec  build _decimal module using an installed libmpdec
                          library
  --with-tcltk-includes='-I...'
                          override search for Tcl and Tk include files
  --with-tcltk-libs='-L...'
                          override search for Tcl and Tk libs
  --with-dbmliborder=db1:db2:...
                          order to check db backends for dbm. Valid value is a
                          colon separated string with the backend names
                          `ndbm', `gdbm' and `bdb'.
  --with(out)-doc-strings disable/enable documentation strings
  --with(out)-pymalloc    disable/enable specialized mallocs
  --with(out)-c-locale-coercion
                          disable/enable C locale coercion to a UTF-8 based
                          locale
  --with-valgrind         Enable Valgrind support
  --with(out)-dtrace      disable/enable DTrace support
  --with-libm=STRING      math library
  --with-libc=STRING      C library
  --with(out)-computed-gotos
                          Use computed gotos in evaluation loop (enabled by
                          default on supported compilers)
  --with(out)-ensurepip=[=upgrade]
                          "install" or "upgrade" using bundled pip
  --with-openssl=DIR      root of the OpenSSL directory
  --with-ssl-default-suites=[python|openssl|STRING]
                          Override default cipher suites string, python: use
                          Python's preferred selection (default), openssl:
                          leave OpenSSL's defaults untouched, STRING: use a
                          custom string, PROTOCOL_SSLv2 ignores the setting

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