GNU and Configure

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From: Vidiot
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1991 22:58

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I have a very simple question that probably doesn't have a very simple answer:

Why doesn't GNU software use the Configure idea of configuring GNU packages?
Software like rn and elm use it, making for a system that knows what it has,
doesn't have and therefore knows what it can or can't do.

I have run into many problems trying to get the g++ suite of programs running
on both the Suns at work and my ISC 2.0.2 box at home.  I thought it was
going to be alot easier bringup g++ on my the Sun, since is supposed to be the
platform this stuff was tested on.  Well, gcc seems to come up correctly, g++
seems to as well.  But, libg++ doesn't.

All this, just to get groff 1.00 running of the Suns :-(
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