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From: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
Subject: bug#39294: Can't run ./configure
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:30:33 -0500
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Cc: Damien Cassou <damien@cassou.me>

Le 29 janvier 2020 11:09:05 GMT-05:00, zimoun <zimon=2Etoutoune@gmail=2Ecom=
> a =C3=A9crit :
>On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 16:33, Damien Cassou <damien@cassou=2Eme> wrote:
>
>> my issue is solved for me so you can close the bug=2E But the next
>Fedora
>> user will struggle similarly=2E You decide=2E
>
>I am not sure that if one user struggles similarly then they searches
>first in the bug tracker[*]=2E :-)
>And I am not convinced that it is bug neither=2E :-)
>
>
>Well, I am closing=2E
>
>All the best,
>simon
>
>[*] or the user is an Emacs user=2E ;-)

We could fix the documentation to recommend using --pure when running conf=
iqure, but not afterwards, with a warning that some systems might ask you t=
o install software you already have, and you should ignore that=2E How does=
 that sound?