[comp.unix.questions] metaconfig package

klotz@parc.xerox.com (Leigh L. Klotz) (02/14/91)

I recently came across a program which had a shell file called
"Configure" in it.  The program asked questions, tried things, and
eventually produced a configuration file for the system I was compiling.

The head of the Configure file has this comment in it:

    # $Header: Head.U,v 2.0 88/06/28 23:13:13 lwall Locked $
    #
    # Yes, you may rip this off to use in other distribution packages.
    # (Note: this Configure script was generated automatically.  Rather than
    # working with this copy of Configure, you may wish to get metaconfig.)

There was no description anywhere of where to get metaconfig.

Anybody know?

Thanks,
Leigh.

klotz@parc.xerox.com

jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (02/15/91)

  You probably want the archive labelled "dist2" in Volume 16 of the
comp.sources.unix archives.  According to the index file on uunet.uu.net, it's
"Larry Wall's Configure generator, etc."

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