Re: `--prefix /foo' mishandled in sub-configure invocation

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Corsepius <address@hidden> writes:

Ralf> Just for clarification: Are you saying that --*dir foo

Yes.

Ralf> --[with|without]* foo --[enable|disable]* foo all are supported? 

No, these have *optional* arguments.


Ralf> Therefore, this considering '--prefix foo' in argument parsing
Ralf> results into basically different requirements on parsers [1] and
Ralf> therefore must be documented (or officially deprecicated), IMHO.

Rather, I'd like to understand why you post-parse the arguments, since
that's the actual bottom line.