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Configure documentation inconsistent with behavior for --prefix
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#26107
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This is possibly a bug introduced by #23576, where it looks like the code that explicitly handled |
Hmm, following that trail, it might even be intentional: #23271 (comment) |
I guess that makes it clear we should address this by fixing the docs, not changing |
From #23271 (comment)
So, the documentation could suggest (BTW, I would myself not use |
I was not having luck with |
PR is here, if I could get a review for it :) |
I've been trying to use configure when setting up distribution of a Chapel library compiled into a Python package. In the documentation for configure, it says:
To me, this indicated that
~/
was a valid value to use. But if I use./configure --prefix=~/
, then I get the following message:Was that an incorrect expectation to have? Is this a bug? Or is this a sign we should adjust our documentation to not imply that?
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