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But I'd argue that's exactly what a configure script is *not* for. It's supposed to look at the system you're compiling for and adapt itself accordingly. Now, if you want something that you can force presets of another system for, that makes good sense and you can get such a package for Perl. But I think that functionality is separate from an automatic configuration system, because it's not automatic (you're manually feeding it your settings). I have to manually feed GNU autoconf so much stuff that it misdetects that there might as well not be a ./configure at all. But I've never had that issue with Perl or other "proper" configuration systems. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly. -- Elbert Hubbard -----------------------