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From: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: Larry Auton <lda@i.control.att.com>
Cc: xemacs-beta@xemacs.org
Subject: should ``configure'' probe for include directories?
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Reply-To: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>

>>>>> "Larry" == Larry Auton <lda@i.control.att.com> writes:

Larry> When I run (20.1-b12) configure on a vanilla IRIX 6.2 host, it finds
Larry> the Xm libraries, but doesn't probe/add the necessary include
Larry> directories (i.e., /usr/include/abi) to the makefiles.  If I specify
Larry> the directory using --site-includes, all is well.  Is this correct
Larry> behavior, or should configure be doing that for me?

Of course configure should be doing that.  The whole X11
auto-configuration code in configure.in is a total crock[1] and should
be completely replaced.

[1] Allegedly, a crock is used to store manure.

Martin

