More compact Configure usage message.

diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 4289c9d950e4ea42e8c4b536ed6e70e2c73471e4..7ac8a6ef14f6f87b8bbba2c87cb9d08355246d68 100755 (executable)
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -507,6 +507,14 @@ if ($target eq "TABLE") {
        exit 0;
 }
 
+if ($target eq "LIST") {
+       foreach (sort keys %table) {
+               print;
+               print "\n";
+       }
+       exit 0;
+}
+
 &usage if (!defined($table{$target}));
 
 my $IsWindows=scalar grep /^$target$/,@WinTargets;
@@ -871,22 +879,33 @@ exit(0);
 sub usage
        {
        print STDERR $usage;
-       print STDERR "pick os/compiler from:";
+       print STDERR "\npick os/compiler from:\n";
        my $j=0;
        my $i;
+        my $k=0;
        foreach $i (sort keys %table)
                {
                next if $i =~ /^debug/;
-               print STDERR "\n" if ($j++ % 4) == 0;
-               printf(STDERR "%-18s ",$i);
+               $k += length($i) + 1;
+               if ($k > 78)
+                       {
+                       print STDERR "\n";
+                       $k=length($i);
+                       }
+               print STDERR $i . " ";
                }
        foreach $i (sort keys %table)
                {
                next if $i !~ /^debug/;
-               print STDERR "\n" if ($j++ % 4) == 0;
-               printf(STDERR "%-18s ",$i);
+               $k += length($i) + 1;
+               if ($k > 78)
+                       {
+                       print STDERR "\n";
+                       $k=length($i);
+                       }
+               print STDERR $i . " ";
                }
-       print STDERR "\n";
+       print STDERR "\n\nNOTE: If in doubt, on Unix-ish systems use './config'.\n";
        exit(1);
        }
 

diff --git a/config b/config
index 578d08b9de344150f352470e9b73c299e6d886ef..d9dbb76d9fa40ae3f4ec8b430ada25929badd693 100755 (executable)
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -535,14 +535,14 @@ fi
 # compiler for the platform ... in which case we add it on
 # the end ... otherwise we leave it off
 
-$PERL ./Configure 2>&1 | grep "$OUT-$CC" > /dev/null
+$PERL ./Configure LIST | grep "$OUT-$CC" > /dev/null
 if [ $? = "0" ]; then
   OUT="$OUT-$CC"
 fi
 
 OUT="$PREFIX$OUT"
 
-$PERL ./Configure 2>&1 | grep "$OUT" > /dev/null
+$PERL ./Configure LIST | grep "$OUT" > /dev/null
 if [ $? = "0" ]; then
   echo Configuring for $OUT