Re: [Bug-ed] [PATCH] configure: respect user env settings

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Thursday 01 January 2009 18:08:52 Karl Berry wrote:
> > No, setting variables on the cmdline is the newer/preferred way.
> > Setting envvars is the older/unpreferred way
>
> i was referring to config.status and env var handling, not how to pass 
> settings.  personally i find the command line clunky when dealing with 
> whitespaced variables as it isnt uncommon for it to fall apart in configure 
> scripts and recursive configure scripts.

Ed produces a config.status script and correctly copies in it all the 
relevant variables (even the whitespaced ones) passed to configure using 
the method preferred by the GNU Coding Standards. BTW, I consider the 
use of whitespaced variables bad practice.

Environment variables are a source of unpredictability. I have never 
supported them in my projects and I hope they will be deprecated someday.


Regards,
Antonio.