From e4053b8d27cda1749301cb2a13a4269b301681d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Müller Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2023 21:46:15 +0200 Subject: Appendix: Document retroactive econf change MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller --- appendices.tex | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/appendices.tex b/appendices.tex index db1dc64..7a2c70b 100644 --- a/appendices.tex +++ b/appendices.tex @@ -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-}. + % vim: set filetype=tex fileencoding=utf8 et tw=100 spell spelllang=en : %%% Local Variables: -- cgit v1.2.3-65-gdbad