# tweaking "configure --help" for autoconf changes - Thread: https://externals.io/message/56668 - Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/56668 - Started by Daniel Convissor on 2011-11-29T22:13:11+00:00 - Messages: 2 - Reply by email to internals@lists.php.net - More for agents: search with https://externals.io/search.md?q={query} · JSON API at https://externals.io/api · documentation at https://externals.io/llms.txt --- ## #56668 — Daniel Convissor — 2011-11-29T22:13:11+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/56668#56668 Hi Folks: There's a minor difference between the output of "configure --help" between PHP_5_3 and PHP_5_4. The change makes it hard to tell what the default values are for some options. The options impacted are those defined in configure.in using PHP_ARG_WITH. A simple example is --with-layout Here's the string in configure.in: Type can be either PHP or GNU [PHP] Here's the output in PHP_5_2 and PHP_5_3: Type can be either PHP or GNU [PHP] But here is the output from PHP_5_4: Type can be either PHP or GNU PHP This is an offshoot of the move from autoconf 2.13 to 2.65. I've attached a patch for 5.4 and trunk to use autoconf "quadragraph"[1] representations of brackets instead of the brackets themselves. Can someone please apply this? Thanks, --Dan [1] http://www.gnu.org/s/hello/manual/autoconf/Quadrigraphs.html -- T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y data intensive web and database programming http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/ 4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 --- ## #56703 — Felipe Pena — 2011-12-01T16:40:42+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/56668#56703 · In reply to: #56668 Hi, 2011/11/29 Daniel Convissor : > Hi Folks: > > There's a minor difference between the output of "configure --help" > between PHP_5_3 and PHP_5_4.  The change makes it hard to tell what the > default values are for some options. > > The options impacted are those defined in configure.in using > PHP_ARG_WITH.  A simple example is --with-layout > > Here's the string in configure.in: >        Type can be either PHP or GNU [PHP] > > Here's the output in PHP_5_2 and PHP_5_3: >        Type can be either PHP or GNU [PHP] > > But here is the output from PHP_5_4: >        Type can be either PHP or GNU PHP > > This is an offshoot of the move from autoconf 2.13 to 2.65.  I've > attached a patch for 5.4 and trunk to use autoconf "quadragraph"[1] > representations of brackets instead of the brackets themselves. > > Can someone please apply this? > > Thanks, > > Applied, thanks! -- Regards, Felipe Pena