The following reply was made to PR config/3958; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Ralf S. Engelschall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Subject: Re: config/3958: configure silently ignores "--enable-XXX"
options where XXX is unknown
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:16:35 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> If I mistype:
> ./configure --enable-module=mod-speling
> as:
> ./configure --enable-modules=mod-speling
>
> I get no error, but apache builds without mod-speling. In fact --enable-XXX
> is ignored if XXX is unknown. I think this deserves an error message to
> avoid
> the pitfall of mis-spelling a --enable-XXX option and having it ignored.
>
> There are similar issues for --disable-XXX.
Thanks for catching this. The suggested error handling
is now added for Apache 1.3.5.
Ralf S. Engelschall
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.engelschall.com
