Re: [Plplot-devel] Tests of recent commits

[Maurice L. <mj...@ga...>]

Joao Cardoso writes:
 > On Monday 03 February 2003 21:36, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
 > > * Rafael Laboissiere <lab...@ps...> [2003-02-03 21:35]:
 > > > * Jo=E3o Cardoso <jc...@fe...> [2003-02-03 17:12]:
 > > > > 2 - Also, when configure reaches libbltdl it does not uses the=

 > > > > configure cache, which can make configure faster:
 > > >
 > > > I will take a look at this.
 > >
 > > I did.  Give option --cache-file=3Dconfig.cache to ./configure.  T=
his will be
 > > inherited by libltdl/configure, and many tests will be cached, wit=
h
 > > improvements in speed.
 >=20
 > Thanks. Couldn't it be done by default?
 > I use to see this feature enabled in other packages, although what a=
utoconf=20
 > info says about "`configure' uses no cache file ... to avoid problem=
s caused=20
 > by accidental use of stale cache files."?

I always turned off cache files by default under the old configuration =
scheme,
because the risk just wasn't worth it.. i.e. I've been burned by it.  I=
f you
reconfigure plplot using new command line flags the cache file MUST be
invalidated or you will be burned too.  If this requirement can't be sa=
tisfied
it should probably be left off.

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Maurice LeBrun    mj...@ga...
Research Organization for Information Science and Technology of Japan (=
RIST)