[cairo] Re: Flag for FP-challenged platforms

[Mike Shaver]

On 11/29/06, Daniel Amelang <daniel.amelang at gmail.com> wrote:
> Notice the issues with this I expressed earlier:
>
> > On 11/29/06, Daniel Amelang <daniel.amelang at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Using --with _looked_ better, but then you invoke configure --help and you get it
> > > listed under 'additional packages' (besides fighting the intution of
> > > those that _do_ know that the --with option is for), so I threw it out.

Ah, quite. *blush*

> I still think it's a hack, as this isn't the purpose of the --with
> flags, but maybe it's time to give in :) I'm tired. But, we still have
> the false advertising issue with --without-floating-point, as we are

True.  --with-fixed-point-where-available?

--enable-fixed-point-assistance?
--disable-some-floating-point? :)

Mike
(naming sucks)