Somewhat apropos the discussion in this old ticket, tonight I noticed the following code in config/inter/progs.pm:
sub cc_run { ... my $run_error; if ( defined( $_[0] ) && length( $_[0] ) ) { local $" = ' '; $run_error = _run_command( "$test_exe @_", './test.out', undef, $verbose ); } else { $run_error = _run_command( "$test_exe", './test.out', undef, $verbose ); } my $output = _slurp('./test.out'); return $output; } Note that nothing is ever done with $run_error. Would it be of any use in giving a more descriptive explanation of why comfiguration might fail? (Or, since this method is called in *many* locations, would making a change here create more problems than it would solve?) kid51