* Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 06:58:23AM CEST: > This seems like a lot of complexity to me. First off, someone who > "knows what they are doing" won't overwrite a necessary build tool. > Secondly, the person who really knows what they are doing could 'rm' > the file.
You are forgetting about - make install DESTDIR=... - cross-compilation from or to darwin. For a DESTDIR install, Peter's warning may be too strict, for cross compilation, it could either be too strict or not strict enough. I think the general policy is to allow users to shoot themselves in the foot if they so prefer. I'm fine with the warning. I don't think you need to prefix variables with underscores in the patch though, configure.ac is our domain. > Of course, it is possible to identify similar situations on other > systems. For example, someone could specify a prefix of /usr/ccs on > Solaris and overwrite the Sun provided linker. The Sun linker is not named 'libtool', however. Thanks, Ralf
