Re: LYNX-DEV help: finally!

[Philip Webb]

980306 Philip Webb wrote: 
> > when i removed  config.cache  &  config.status , did  make clean ,
> > then ran my configure script again & did  make  again, all went well.
> > so a recommendation:  INSTALLATION  needs to have added
> > a couple of sentences warning users to do the above
980306 Nelson Henry Eric wrote:
> Quoting from INSTALLATION:
> 
>     After applying patches or editing files to correct for an unsuccessful
>     build, be certain to do a "make clean" (or "make distclean" for those
>     using auto-configure) before attempting to compile again.
> 

first, that's buried away in Section VI
& second, it doesn't say anything about removing  config.cache ,
which was the problem in my case (not  make clean ).

so my amended recommendation is that that paragraph needs to be expanded
to warn that  config.cache  may cause problems ( config.status  too?)
& the paragraph should be moved to follow the instructions
for using  configure  earlier.

and -- having slept on it -- i repeat my question:
why does 2-8 take the location of  lynx.cfg  from  config.cache
& not always from  userdefs.h ?  surely that should be corrected.

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