[m-dev.] For review: Enable by default the use of the external debugger

[Fergus Henderson]

On 10-Mar-1999, Erwan Jahier <Erwan.Jahier at irisa.fr> wrote:
> [Fergus wrote:]
> | Perhaps the solution is to change scripts/ml.in rather than Mmake.common
> | or Mmake.vars.
> 
> I don't understand this last suggestion: won't modifications in scripts/ml.in
> only have effects at link time?

Yes.

> In that case it will be too late to tell that we need socket libraries.

Why?

I think maybe you have some misunderstanding about how libraries work.
The C compiler ignores `-l' options unless you're linking.

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