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Posted to dev@apr.apache.org by Joe Orton <jo...@redhat.com> on 2005/12/16 13:14:18 UTC

Re: svn commit: r356957 - in /apr: apr-util/trunk/build/find_apu.m4 apr/trunk/build/find_apr.m4

On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 12:16:01AM -0000, colm@apache.org wrote:
> +              if test "$apu_acceptable" != "yes"; then
> +                AC_MSG_WARN([Found APU in $apu_config, but we think it's bad])

These error messages are pretty awful! Never write UI in the first 
person, the configure script is not sentient and it can't think for 
itself, at least not yet :) e.g.

  AC_MSG_WARN([skipped APR-util at $apu_config, version not acceptable])

is better if that's appropriate.

joe

Re: svn commit: r356957 - in /apr: apr-util/trunk/build/find_apu.m4 apr/trunk/build/find_apr.m4

Posted by Colm MacCarthaigh <co...@stdlib.net>.
On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 12:14:18PM +0000, Joe Orton wrote:
> These error messages are pretty awful! Never write UI in the first 
> person, the configure script is not sentient and it can't think for 
> itself, at least not yet :) e.g.
> 
>   AC_MSG_WARN([skipped APR-util at $apu_config, version not acceptable])
> 
> is better if that's appropriate.

Much better, thanks.

-- 
Colm MacCárthaigh                        Public Key: colm+pgp@stdlib.net

Re: svn commit: r356957 - in /apr: apr-util/trunk/build/find_apu.m4 apr/trunk/build/find_apr.m4

Posted by Colm MacCarthaigh <co...@stdlib.net>.
On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 12:14:18PM +0000, Joe Orton wrote:
> These error messages are pretty awful! Never write UI in the first 
> person, the configure script is not sentient and it can't think for 
> itself, at least not yet :) e.g.
> 
>   AC_MSG_WARN([skipped APR-util at $apu_config, version not acceptable])
> 
> is better if that's appropriate.

Much better, thanks.

-- 
Colm MacCárthaigh                        Public Key: colm+pgp@stdlib.net