On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> At 03:57 PM 4/3/2002 -0500, Andy Dougherty wrote:
> >On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[ exe_ext vs. _exe ]
> Um, the reason we we are stuck seeing both is that the preferred variable
> changed out from under existing code.
Yes, you're right. I apologize for the grumpy tone of my message.
There's actually a long story behind all this, but in the end it indeed
has played out as you indicate, and I'll accept responsibility for that.
My two main points are:
1. The patch is correct. You have to define both _exe and exe_ext, even
though they are the same thing.
2. All Configure variables are supposed to be documented in
Porting/Glossary, which gets copied into Config.pm's pod. Patches to
improve those definitions -- particularly in the case of non-unix systems
-- would be welcome (though Jarkko would have to manually apply them to
the appropriate metaconfig unit).
Regards,
Andy Dougherty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042
