[MPlayer-dev-eng] [RFC] de-autoconf configure

[Diego Biurrun]

On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 08:14:38AM -0400, John Koleszar wrote:
> Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 09:00:53PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> >> On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 12:09:52AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> >>> On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 06:04:15PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> >>> burnt.  There is no good way to tell at a glance (without reading the
> >>> source) that it's a different thing.
> >> Reading the README?
> > 
> > Currently nothing in configure makes it clear that we do not use
> > autoconf.
> 
> $ ./configure --help
> <snip>
> This configure script is NOT autoconf-based, even though its output is
> similar.
> It will try to autodetect all configuration options. If you --enable an
> option
> it will be forcefully turned on, skipping autodetection. This can break
> compilation, so you need to know what you are doing.
> 
> Seems pretty clear to me :)

I added that text myself, but apparently it is not enough.  The way
people's brains seem to work, if it looks the same, it must be the same
thing...

Diego