curl-library
Re: cURL: squeezing ./configure --help
Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 08:44:06 +0200
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 06:20:17PM +0200, wrote:
> This patch reduces the output of ./configure --help by stripping
> options, which have no added value, like --enable-http (as with them
> and without them, ./configure behaves the same).
> @@ -423,8 +419,7 @@ AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-ldap],[Disable LDAP support]),
> )
> AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to support ldaps])
> AC_ARG_ENABLE(ldaps,
> -AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-ldaps],[Enable LDAPS support])
> -AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-ldaps],[Disable LDAPS support]),
> +AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-ldaps],[Disable LDAPS support (default:
> depend on LDAP support)]),
The default isn't clear in this case, so --enable-ldaps could provide "added
value" in some cases.
> [ case "$enableval" in
> no)
> AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
> @@ -455,8 +450,7 @@ AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-ldaps],[Disable LDAPS
> support]),
>
> AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to support rtsp])
> AC_ARG_ENABLE(rtsp,
> -AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-rtsp],[Enable RTSP support])
> -AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-rtsp],[Disable RTSP support]),
> +AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-rtsp],[Disable RTSP support (default:
> depend on HTTP support]),
Same here.
> @@ -635,7 +620,6 @@ dnl disable C code generation support
> dnl
> AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable generation of C code])
> AC_ARG_ENABLE(libcurl_option,
> -AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-libcurl-option],[Enable --libcurl C code
> generation support])
> AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-libcurl-option],[Disable --libcurl C code
> generation support]),
The default for this one is definitely --disable, so the wrong help line is
deleted.
> @@ -3313,8 +3291,7 @@ dnl
>
> AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enforce SONAME bump])
> AC_ARG_ENABLE(soname-bump,
> -AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-soname-bump],[Enable enforced SONAME bump])
> -AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-soname-bump],[Disable enforced SONAME bump]),
> +AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-soname-bump],[Enable enforced SONAME bump]),
On some systems the default is --enable, so --disable is the one people must
use.
>>> Dan
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Received on 2014-05-26