Re: Specify the default cache file when calling autoconf

[Tim Van Holder]

> This patch (from 2.50) adds a --cache-file option that allows one to
> specify the default cache file for the generated configure script. I am
> switching GNU Smalltalk to 2.50 and I am really annoyed some times by the
> long times that it takes to reconfigure the package simply because I
> modified a single Makefile.am!

But if you originally configured using, say, ./configure --cache-file=foo,
config.status would also use that option when reconfiguring, wouldn't it?
So I don't really see the need for this.  Could you be a bit more specific
about the situation you're trying to remedy?
AFAIK, simply using the -C option to configure restores 2.13's 'use
config.cache' behaviour, so reconfiguring should take little time.  And this
doesn't require re-running autoconf when building a distro.

Also, the user should be free to choose what cache file to use (if any), and
having this option would suggest it's OK for a maintainer to set a default.