Arch Linux

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

configure script humor

Here's a test that scorched3d's configure script is doing:

checking for beer in -lfridge... no
Warning: No beer found in fridge!
We highly suggest that you rectify this situation immediately.

smoon

Member

Registered: 2005-08-22

Posts: 468

Website

Re: configure script humor

MRTG:

checking the weather... (cached) it's fine
ordering CD from http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/wish .... just kidding

Enlightenment:

checking for blumfrub... no
checking for buckets_of_erogenous_nym... no
checking for buttox... no

T-Dawg

Forum Fellow

From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

Posts: 2,736

Re: configure script humor

Wow. I've never noticed anything like that before, good find.

Looks like I'm going to have to recompile my whole system and grep for keywords...

Gullible Jones

Member

Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: configure script humor

Wow... I never noticed this stuff.

(It reminds me of some of the crazy stuff in the kernel sources though... There's some pretty funny stuff in there. And a lot of swearing.)

user

Member

Registered: 2006-03-29

Posts: 465

Re: configure script humor

Actually this is Makefile humor

in vim7 svn version.

link.sh: OK, linking works, let's try removing a few libraries.
link.sh: See auto/link.log for details.
link.sh: Trying to remove the SM library...
link.sh: We don't need the SM library!
link.sh: Trying to remove the SM library...
link.sh: We don't need the SM library!
link.sh: Trying to remove the ICE library...
link.sh: We don't need the ICE library!
link.sh: Trying to remove the ICE library...
link.sh: We don't need the ICE library!
link.sh: Trying to remove the nsl library...
link.sh: We don't need the nsl library!
link.sh: Trying to remove the Xt library...
link.sh: We DO need the Xt library.
link.sh: Trying to remove the Xpm library...
link.sh: We don't need the Xpm library!
link.sh: Trying to remove the X11 library...
link.sh: We don't need the X11 library!
link.sh: Trying to remove the X11 library...
link.sh: We don't need the X11 library!
link.sh: Trying to remove the Xdmcp library...
link.sh: We don't need the Xdmcp library!
link.sh: Trying to remove the dl library...
link.sh: We don't need the dl library!
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/<user_account>/download/vim7/src'

---

I removed my sig, cause i select the flag, the flag often the target of enemy.

SAR brain-tumor
[img]http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/460/cellphonethumb0ff.jpg[/img]

_Gandalf_

Member

Registered: 2006-01-12

Posts: 735

Re: configure script humor

Frugalware's pacman

checking your blood pressure... a bit high, but we can proceed
checking for support man2html... not requested by configure
checking for support po4a... checking for po4a... no

---

[My Blog] | [My Repo] | [My AUR Packages]

twiistedkaos

Member

Registered: 2006-05-20

Posts: 666

Re: configure script humor

Lmao, I should check these out, Kind of funny xD