hi. i'm compiling ssh-2.3.0 (from ssh communications). when using the configure script to set options for the compilation, if i use a non-existent option with the --with- or --enable- syntax, such as % ./configure --with-zzyyq the script silently ignores the argument and runs without error. this is in contrast to: % ./configure --zzyyq configure: error: --zzyyq: invalid option; use --help to show usage it's not hard to see by looking at the configure script why this happens, but i'm wondering if it's a feature or a bug. thanks for satisfying my curiosity. -chaos ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E. Chaos Golubitsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) System Administrator Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Phone: (617)-495-7144
