Re: config.status --recheck

[Eric Blake]

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According to Lorenzo Bettini on 10/13/2008 11:02 AM:
> ./config.status --recheck
> 
> when I want to detect new installed tools; however, when I move
> something to some other directory, I need to re-run ./configure
> manually, otherwise make complains about some missing files (required by
> a Makefile.in); this requires to re-run configure with the same
> arguments that were originally used; now config.status knows about these
> parameters, e.g.,
> 
> ./config.status --version
> source-highlight config.status 2.11
> configured by ./configure, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61,
>   with options "'CXX=/usr/lib/ccache/g++' 'CXXFLAGS=-g'
> '--prefix=/home/bettini/usr/local/' '--enable-maintainer-mode'
> '--enable-warnings'"
> 
> so wouldn't it be useful to have an option in config.status that re-runs
> configure with these parameters (instead of having to remember them or
> copy & paste them)?

I'm not quite sure what you are asking for.  'config.status --recheck'
reruns configure using the parameters that you originally passed.  And if
you find yourself constantly passing the same set of parameters to
multiple configure scripts, then consider writing a config.site file:
http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html#Site-Defaults

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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