My first attempt at this was a major change to how --with-pcre= now
works on trunk, it is now a path to .../pcre[2]-config,
.../bin/pcre[2]-config,
(first it tries the {target}-pcre[2]-config for cross-compilation, and then
the undecorated flavor.)
I did hack around providing either a full path including the script name,
or only the config script name (e.g. --with-pcre=pcre-config to revert to
a legacy pcre-8.x). That causes some extra hassle but seems like a
good idea for these edge cases. In these cases, or where --with-pcre
is simply not given, we actually walk the $PATH, and --with-pcre=PATH
can actual be a traditional path list in place of default $PATH.
So it seems --with-pcre=PATH is the right textual description for this
specific case, and changing these without potentially providing a list
of paths would be erroneous.
I'd welcome any feedback and review of trunk's --with-pcre= detection.
Bill
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 6:40 AM, William A Rowe Jr
wrote:
> Can we agree on a keyword/wording convention here for httpd-2.5-dev?
>
> --with-apr=PATH prefix for installed APR or the full path to
> --with-pcre=PATHUse external PCRE library
> --with-valgrind[=DIR] Enable code to reduce valgrind false positives
> (optionally: set path to valgrind headers)
> --with-distcache=PATH Distcache installation directory
> --with-z=PATH use a specific zlib library
> --with-libxml2=DIR Specify location of libxml2
> --with-brotli=PATH Brotli installation directory
> --with-lua=PATH Path to the Lua 5.2/5.1 prefix
> --with-serf=PATHSerf client library
> --with-ssl=PATH OpenSSL installation directory
> --with-nghttp2=PATH nghttp2 installation directory
> directory.
>
> Contrast to apr-2.0 and the autoconf keywords and text;
>
> Installation directories:
> --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
> [/usr/local/apr]
> --exec-prefix=EPREFIX install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
> [PREFIX]
>
> By default, `make install' will install all the files in
> `/usr/local/apr/bin', `/usr/local/apr/lib' etc. You can specify
> an installation prefix other than `/usr/local/apr' using `--prefix',
> for instance `--prefix=$HOME'.
>
> For better control, use the options below.
>
> Fine tuning of the installation directories:
> --bindir=DIRuser executables [EPREFIX/bin]
> --sbindir=DIR system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]
> --libexecdir=DIRprogram executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
> --sysconfdir=DIRread-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
> --sharedstatedir=DIRmodifiable architecture-independent data
> [PREFIX/com]
> --localstatedir=DIR modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
> --libdir=DIRobject code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
> --includedir=DIRC header files [PREFIX/include]
> --oldincludedir=DIR C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
> --datarootdir=DIR read-only arch.-independent data root
> [PREFIX/share]
> --datadir=DIR read-only architecture-independent data
> [DATAROOTDIR]
> --infodir=DIR info documentation [DATAROOTDIR/info]
> --localedir=DIR locale-dependent data [DATAROOTDIR/locale]
> --mandir=DIRman documentation [DATAROOTDIR/man]
> --docdir=DIRdocumentation root [DATAROOTDIR/doc/PACKAGE]
> --htmldir=DIR html documentation [DOCDIR]
> --dvidir=DIRdvi documentation [DOCDIR]
> --pdfdir=DIRpdf documentation [DOCDIR]
> --psdir=DIR ps documentation [DOCDIR]
> --with-sysroot=DIR Search for dependent libraries within DIR
> --with-installbuilddir=DIR location to store APR build files (defaults
> to '${datadir}/build')
> --with-efence[=DIR] path to Electric Fence installation
> --with-valgrind[=DIR] Enable code to teach valgrind about apr pools
> (optionally: set path to valgrind headers)
> --with-egd[=DIR]use EGD-compatible socket
> --with-openssl=DIR specify location of OpenSSL
> --with-nss=DIR specify location of NSS
> --with-commoncrypto=DIR specify location of CommonCrypto
> --with-gdbm=DIR enable GDBM support
> --with-ndbm=PATHFind the NDBM header and library in
> `PATH/include'
> and `PATH/lib'. If PATH is of the form
> `HEADER:LIB',
> library in LIB. If you omit the `=PATH' part
> --with-berkeley-db=PATH Find the Berkeley DB header and library in
> `PATH/include' and `PATH/lib'. If PATH is of the
> `=PATH' part completely, the configure script
> will
> --with-pgsql=DIRspecify PostgreSQL location
> --with-mysql=DIRenable MySQL DBD driver
> --with-sqlite3=DIR e
