Re: [bug-inetutils] some notes on inetutils-1.8

[melodramus]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:34:28 -0400
"Alfred M. Szmidt" <address@hidden> wrote:

>    > > Is that a bug or a featuer?
>    > 
>    > Neither. It is simply that --disable-whatever is equivalent to
>    > --enable-whatever=no, so that giving it an option is in fact
>    > useless.
>    > 
>    > > I cannot see why you'd want to use --disable-FOO=yes/no.... Can
>    > > someone explain why that is useful?
>    > 
>    > Given what I said above, it is not.
> 
>    it is useful if you can make use of it! because the configure
>    --help output displays most options the --disable way,
>    middle-clicking that and appending a no is faster and less work
>    than writing it all manually the --enable way. it is also less
>    error prone.
> 
> ./configure --enable-{a,b,c} --disable-{d,e,f}

yes and no! having options the --enable way is still easier. ok, i talk
to the wrong person....

best wishes,
MeloDramus <address@hidden>