% [env settings] ./configure [options]
- If all goes well, the configure script with automatically detect
- the appropriate settings. However, you may need to specify
- options and/or environment variables to obtain desired results.
+ If all goes well, the configure script will automatically detect
+ the appropriate settings. If the configure script fails, you
+ should read the config.log file that it generated to see what it
+ was trying to do and exactly what failed. You may need to specify
+ additional options and/or environment variables besides those
+ listed above to obtain desired results, depending on your operating
+ system. The Platform Hints section of the FAQ provides help for
+ operating system related problems.
4. Build dependencies: