Re: [Mixmaster-devel] Autoconf and IDEA

[Erik A. <er...@aa...>]

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On 24 Aug 02, Len Sassaman <ra...@ab...> wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Erik Arneson wrote:
> > 1. If IDEA support can't be found, configure will exit with an error
> >    unless --disable-idea is explicitly set.  It will print out a
> >    little message telling the user to read the docs so they will
> >    understand what missing IDEA support will do to them and their
> >    pets.
> 
> This is the better option (though we can explain what missing idea support
> means in one or two sentences -- so I prefer not to have to refer them to
> the docs.)

Can you come up with a good couple of sentences for me to use?

> > 2. If IDEA support is looked for but not found, spit out a warning and
> >    continue on.
> 
> On the other hand, I think the above is proper behavior for AES, as not
> having AES does not break functionality.

I figured.  :)  AES support isn't even printing out a warning if it's
not found.  Would you prefer one?

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