distro-configs files, autogen.sh options, defaults etc

[Bjoern Michaelsen]

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 09:57:37AM +0100, Caolán McNamara wrote:
> Some packages do this, and it leads to the nightmare situation that you
> silently get a different result depending on what packages you happen to
> install.

Agree, that indeed is a nightmare. What could still work is:

 ./autogen.sh --automagic

which is still short enough without loosing strictlness in the default (and
also gives people a hint why their configure "suddenly broke, although I didnt
change anything").

Best,

Bjoern