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List:       mutt-dev
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Add support for DT_R(UN)PATH in ELF executables.
From:       Vincent Lefevre <vincent () vinc17 ! org>
Date:       2020-08-06 20:13:26
Message-ID: 20200806201326.GB47795 () zira ! vinc17 ! org
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On 2020-07-29 13:19:31 -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 12:59:55AM +0200, Mono DHS wrote:
> > Subject says it all 
> 
> What is the motivation for this patch?
> 
> My initial reaction is this patch adds a bunch of configure code that
> will be used by pretty close to no one, so I don't see the value.  It
> will surprise no one who's been around here for any length of time
> that I would not support such patches...

Even if this one may be useful, I suppose that this is not specific
to Mutt. So this should rather be a system-wide feature.

In any case, I think that setting up environment variables (if need be)
is cleaner than using a directory name for each --with-* command.

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