> The system has always been designed such that if it finds application X in
> the path at configure it will use that explicit version. If it doesn't find
Fair enough. The line has to be drawn somewhere. The trouble is that
the configure whizzes by too quickly to read all the assignments.
> I suppose you could argue that it could always just assume it is going
> to turn up in the path.
I could. It is part of the tools in the build rather than some external
tool.
Malcolm
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