Show Configure failure reason even with -s
Subject: [PATCH] Re: Problem during configure of perl5.00402
On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Jim Anderson wrote:
> Configure is failing and not giving any indication why :-( Any help
> appreciated.
> Checking your choice of C compiler, libs, and flags for coherency...
> You have a BIG problem. Shall I abort Configure [y]
> Ok. Stopping Configure.
It's not giving any indication why because you're running in silent
mode. If you didn't have the '-s', you would have seen the contents of
UU/try.msg.
Of course, such a failure is certainly 'essential information' of the type
that Configure -s certainly ought to put out, so Configure probably ought
to have the following patch applied:
p5p-msgid: Pine.SUN.3.96.
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