Re: I DON'T have new mail
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:47:27AM -0500, Todd wrote:
> Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > * Todd <Freedom_Lover@xxxxxxxxx> [01-22-04 11:16]:
> >> Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> >>
> >>> At the top of ./config.log, generated each time you perform
> >>> configure.
> >>
> >> Shouldn't that be config.status? That file states at the top:
> >
> > It also exists in config.status, but is much more difficult to see
> > since it is down in the file rather than at the top. config.log is
> > IMNSHO the better option of the two.
>
> Are we looking at different files or am I totally misunderstanding
> what the OP was looking for? (Either is certainly possible.) Now I'm
> mostly just curious since I might be able to learn some new tricks for
> building software here.
>
> I don't see how I could even get the options I passed to configure out
> of the config.log I have from my last build of 1.5.5.1. Whereas in
> config.status, the full command I passed to configure is listed right
> at the top of the file, just 7 lines from the top. The purpose of
> config.status is stated in that file as "Run this file to recreate the
> current configuration" which seems to be exactly what the OP wanted to
> do.
config.status is exactly what I was after.
Thanks to all who replied.
--
bryan