[Cialug] ./configure question

[Barry Von Ahsen]

Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> Is there a way to determine what ./configure options were given to a 
> piece of software before it was compiled? If so, how? Unfortunately, 
> the binary i have is already stripped, and i'm guessing such 
> information (if it is indeed recorded in the binary as i hope) is 
> removed during the stripping process.
> 
> What i'm trying to do is debug a problem with the version of AfterStep 
> that came bundled with Debian Etch. I can certainly trace variables in 
> the source package to see how it was built, but if there is a general 
> way to pull the ./configure options from compiled software, i'd like to 
> learn how to do it.
> 

I think all of the compile/package options are in debian/rules if you 
apt-get src (if the configure.cache itself isn't there)

-barry