On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 20:16:44 +0200
Dieter Wirz <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Doing a simple ./configure and hoping for the best is not good enough. ;o)
> > The programs will compile themselves aganst the system library locations,
> > which may not be avaiable - nor accessible
> No!

Willst du mich auf den Arm nehmen? ;o)

> ./configure tests if the libraries are available and functional.

.. komm mal wieder runter.. Entspann dich!

So, I was being mildly imprecise.  The sense was there, and that is all that 
was needed.  Here's a simple definition for you:

<snip>
*configure*:  a shell script (generally written by GNU Autoconf) that goes and 
looks
for software and even tries various things to see what works and what doesn't.  
It then
takes its instructions from Makefile.in and builds Makefile (and possibly some 
other files) that work on the current system. 
</snip>
 
> Maybe you have a closer look to configure.in and the manpages some time.

Really?  I'd be asleep withing minutes!  :o)

mfg,


Chris 
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