Re: [Chicken-hackers] use host PCRE...

[felix winkelmann]

On 1/8/08, Vincent Manis <address@hidden> wrote:
> I would hope that this feature could be supported across platforms? I
> would not
> use it myself, but I have a lot of sympathy for it, especially in
> environments
> where you might want to ensure that several different applications
> were all
> using the same version, as well as in embedded applications.

Yes, I'll move it into defaults.make.

>
> I think that Felix should add a message, when this option is selected,
> that
> use of versions of PCRE other than that provided with Chicken is
> completely
> at the user's risk, and that resulting frantic requests for help to the
> mailing list are unlikely to produce useful help.
>
> I also think that the README file should contain a specific injunction
> to
> creators of packages and binary distributions NOT to enable this option,
> no matter how appealing it might seem.
>

 Absolutely right. I fully agree.


cheers,
felix