[Zlib-devel] zlib 1.2.4.3 for your perusal

[Volker Grabsch]

Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev at gmail.com> schrieb:
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Vincent Torri <vtorri at univ-evry.fr> wrote:
> > Also, adding a --host option would be difficult, instead of using CHOST ?
>
> When I originally wrote this patch I tried to reduce the modification...
> Parameter parsing comes after initialization which needs the host.
> As it is none standard build system anyway...

The *implementation* is nonstandard, but the *interface* should
be oriented towards existing standards.

For instance, the fact that the script is called "configure" and
not "our_fancy_zlib_system_check.sh" is an orientation towards
the naming standard established by autoconf.

On the other hand, many options are nonstandard, such as "--static"
whose original standard name is "--enable-static". I'm not sure
whether it would be a good idea to change those, but I recommend
to look at existing standard naming schemes at least when adding
_new_ options.


Greets,

    Volker

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