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authorUlrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>2023-04-09 21:46:15 +0200
committerUlrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>2023-04-10 08:31:51 +0200
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Appendix: Document retroactive econf change
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
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@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ The test mentioned above was effective in EAPI~8. It was updated in November 202
\t{-{}-enable-static} and \t{-{}-enable-shared}, and in addition checks for a proper end of these
option strings.
+\subsection{econf matches configure -{}-help output better}
+The simple string matching used for \t{configure -{}-help} output caused false positives for options
+like \t{-{}-with-sysroot}. It was effective in EAPIs 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, and was updated in April 2023
+to check for a proper end of string for all option names beginning with \t{with-}, \t{disable-} or
+\t{enable-}.
+
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