> Maybe the right thing to do is to do something similar to the > /etc/GNUstep/installation-domains.conf. Ie, we could have gnustep-make's > configure load > a new file, > > /etc/GNUstep/default-filesystem-layout.conf > > but only if it exists (it has to be created manually by an advanced user). > That file > could contain a default layout/prefix which would be used if none are > specified on the > configure command-line.
Yes, I had a short discussion with Richard online. I guess the main change that Richard wanted to do is change the default filesystem layout to be 'fhs'. Many people in this list (including me) actually use 'gnustep' as their default layout. To help them after the change, the idea was that you could put a file somewhere (either directly in core/make/preferences.conf, or in /etc/GNUstep/preferences.conf) with two (optional) lines GNUSTEP_PREFERENCES_FILESYSTEM_LAYOUT=gnustep GNUSTEP_PREFERENCES_PREFIX=/ ./configure would read that file and use the values in there if nothing else is specified on the ./configure command-line. So, if you need 'gnustep' as the default layout, and configure and reconfigure gnustep-make very often, you could create that file once and it would be reused forever. Alternatively, people can always use the --enable-import-config-file option (already existing) but you still have to type that option every time you configure gnustep-make. (making it the default is impractical because it means that the results of configure would depend on the results of previous configures, which would cause total confusion for new users). I wonder if autoconf has a way to specify configuration options in a local file ? Thanks PS: An alternative would be to have configure print warnings if it detects that the new configuration is different from the one in /etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf. This is harder to implement, and has the disadvantage that it only warns you, but you still have to type in your ./configure arguments ;-) _______________________________________________ Gnustep-dev mailing list Gnustep-dev@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev