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Bug #46362 Misleading error message in configure script
Submitted: 2008-10-22 08:51 UTC Modified: 2008-10-22 10:59 UTC
From: max at awakers dot com Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: Compile Warning
PHP Version: 5.2.6 OS: Centos 5.2
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-10-22 08:51 UTC] max at awakers dot com 
Description:
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Refering bug #42907
When supplying bogus parameters to the ./configure script, it reports the following
Notice: Following unknown configure options were used:

This is a bit misleading as some people assume that it was used by the configuration script, while the message states that the user used those invalid parameters.




Reproduce code:
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add any -whatever-param to the config script

Expected result:
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That's a catch-22 because 50% of the users will assume that "used" has the config script as the subject, while the other 50% will assume that it refers to the user.
Let's make it a bit clearer. For example
Notice: The ollowing unknown configure options were supplied but not used:

Actual result:
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Notice: Following unknown configure options were used:

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 [2008-10-22 10:59 UTC] jani@php.net 
The text is fine as is.
 
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