Re: another CONFIG_SHELL doc instance missed

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 02:56:32PM CET:
> * Stepan Kasal wrote on Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 05:18:27PM CET:
> > On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 10:37:09AM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > >         * doc/install.texi (Defining Variables): Put `CONFIG_SHELL'
> > >         in environment of `configure', not the command line.
> > ...
> > > OK to apply?
> > 
> > a quick answer: why is it necessary to have this?
> 
> Because you definitely want the shell searching routine as early as
> possible in the configure script: everything before it will possibly be
> executed more than once, and thus causes further slowdown.
> 
> Furthermore, there are users of CONFIG_SHELL before the parsing loop
> within Autoconf itself, it's not just libtool: _AC_INIT_DEFAULTS comes
> before _AC_INIT_PARSE_ARGS, even AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED itself does.

I have applied that patch now.

Cheers,
Ralf