From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict? Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:56:31 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200410052211.i95MBJxm023321@coolsville.localdomain> <4163A3A8.1030804@swipnet.se> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1097049536 9351 80.91.229.6 (6 Oct 2004 07:58:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 07:58:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 06 09:58:49 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CF6hF-00026J-00 for ; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:58:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CF6nv-0006Jo-Id for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 04:05:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CF6nm-0006JX-MN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 04:05:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CF6nk-0006IY-6u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 04:05:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CF6nj-0006HZ-IQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 04:05:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [202.32.8.202] (helo=tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CF6fQ-00056d-QC; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 03:56:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate3.nec.co.jp (mailgate53.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.161] (may be forged)) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id i967uln27372; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:56:47 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from root@localhost) by mailgate3.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) id i967ulZ17417; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:56:47 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edsgm02.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.50.208.12]) by mailsv5.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id i967uhN04729; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:56:43 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by edsgm02.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i967udtr024014; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:56:41 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mctpc71 (mctpc71.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp [10.30.118.121]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.8/EDcg v2.01-mc/1046780839) with ESMTP id i967uWwt007344; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:56:32 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mctpc71 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 1FA3F25; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:56:31 +0900 (JST) Original-To: "Jan D." System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <4163A3A8.1030804@swipnet.se> (Jan D.'s message of "Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:50:00 +0200") Original-Lines: 21 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:27984 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:27984 "Jan D." writes: >>>I.e. just transform the current error into a warning. >> >> I'd suggest this as the short-term fix. It can use appropriately big >> letters or whitespace or whatever, to be noticeable. > > I've used some withespace and some '***' to make it stand out. But it > still flashes by very fast on a reasonable new machine, so unless you > are looking at the configure output (I usually don't) you probably > will miss it. How about outputting it again/instead at the end of the configure output (after it prints the summary of the configuration); then it should be just before the user's prompt. -Miles -- "Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends." -Oscar Wilde, "The Soul of Man Under Socialism"