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X-Original-Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:52:33 +0200
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:52:33 +0200

Hi.

Dave Cridland <dave@cridland.net> wrote:

> > recommends *against* using '%configure' ("We will try to support users
> > who accidentally type the leading % but this should not be relied
> > upon."), and yet

[snip]

> They're just suggesting people use "./configure" instead.

No, they do not (what would be the use of that, anyway?). They say that
they will _try_ to eval macros even if the user forgot to pass the
leading '%', but that this feature should not be relied upon.

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