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sr #110297: AC_PATH_PROG should accept a basename as an override

Submitter:	Zack Weinberg <zackw>
Submitted:	Wed 26 Aug 2020 01:57:49 PM UTC


Priority: *	3 - Release N+1	Severity:	1 - Wish
Status:	Confirmed	Privacy:	Public
Assigned to:	None	Open/Closed:	Open
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Wed 26 Aug 2020 01:58:26 PM UTC, comment #1:

This is a long-standing issue so it can wait for after 2.70.

Zack Weinberg <zackw>

Wed 26 Aug 2020 01:57:49 PM UTC, original submission:

If a configure script uses AC_CHECK_PROG to find a program, then the person running configure can use "./configure PROGRAM=renamed" to direct configure to use a different name for the program. However, if it uses AC_PATH_PROG, then the person running configure must supply an absolute path to PROGRAM, otherwise the setting is silently ignored. This is confusing. If given a relative path, it should convert it to an absolute one; if given a basename, it should walk $PATH for that name instead.

Zack Weinberg <zackw>

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