Re: configure

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From	Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi>
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Subject	Re: configure
Date	18 Dec 2012 19:40:59 +0200
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bob writes:

> With almost all Linux software, there is an executable script called
> "configure".  I guess the idea is you run it before calling "make".
> 
> Anyone know what the story is with that?
> 
> I'm seeing one with hcidump that is 152,901 bytes, quite a bulky script.
> 
> Is there some kind of automated utility that generates these things?

This looks like it might be relevant:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Configure_script>

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configure bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-12-18 08:46 -0800
  Re: configure Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2012-12-18 19:40 +0200
  Re: configure Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-12-18 22:17 +0000
  Re: configure Alessandro Pellegrini <alessandro.pellegrini@tin.it> - 2013-02-12 12:25 +0100

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