From f578e60dccf374f0dd794b462f7aed628da26a6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris McKenzie <chris.mckenzie@cacetech.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:59:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (+bugfix) --help relied on writing a file to disk when there
 was no reason. (+bugfix) --help used POCO_BASE before it was defined.  At the
 time of the help screen, it is known as $base.

---
 dist/configure | 15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dist/configure b/dist/configure
index 1456796e9..da80cc3b2 100755
--- a/dist/configure
+++ b/dist/configure
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
 # Specify --help to display supported options.
 #
 
-helpfile=/tmp/config.help
-cat <<ENDHELP >$helpfile
+showhelp() 
+{
+cat << ENDHELP
 usage: configure {options}
 Configure the POCO C++ Libraries.
 
@@ -23,14 +24,14 @@ Options:
 
   --config=<config_name>   
     Use the given build configuration.
-    See $POCO_BASE/build/config for possible configs.
+    See $base/build/config for possible configs.
 
   --prefix=<install_prefix>
     Use the given install directory for make install.
     Default is /usr/local.
 
   --stdcxx-base=<apache_stdcxx_install_prefix>
-    If (and only if) the $POCO_BASE/build/config selected with --config
+    If (and only if) the $base/build/config selected with --config
     uses the Apache stdcxx library, then apache_stdcxx_install_prefix
     specifies the base directory where stdcxx is installed.
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ Options:
     (such as uclibc-based systems).
     
 ENDHELP
+}
 
 # save cwd
 build=`pwd`
@@ -96,16 +98,13 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ] ; do
 	fi
 	
 	if [ "$1" = "--help" ] ; then
-		cat $helpfile
-		rm -f $helpfile
+		showhelp
 		exit 0
 	fi
 	
 	shift
 done
 
-rm -f $helpfile
-
 # autodetect build environment
 # ...special cases for CYGWIN or MinGW
 if [ "$config" = "" ] ; then