[PATCH 0/2] Set Makefile variables from configure

Ok, a second attempt, taking into account Jonathan's feedback and proposed updates. The revised macro allows for specified help text.

I opted to use a more 'dry' approach to the macro instead of repeating the boilerplate AC_WITH_ARG bits when calling this feature.

Additionally, I only WARN when 'yes' or 'no' is passed. Bailing on errors in most cases is reasonable, but I don't think it's globally appropriate.

As to why I want this...It's cleaner, in my opinion, to do all build configuration through a single mechanism than to do most with ./configure and the rest with variables passed to make. In other words, this is purely a style issue.

I like the extension of config.mak.in to support more of the autoconf variables as well and would like to see it applied.

Ben Walton (2):
  configure: add macro to set arbitrary make variables
  configure: add settings for gitconfig, editor and pager

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