How to see the ./configure options for a binary package?

[nutznboltz]

In order to know what features are enabled for certain packages one must know what ./configure options were used at compile time.

Given a binary package, how does one tell what ./configure options were used at compile time? Are they listed in a file or on a web page anywhere?

I searched for this a number of ways but could not find anything about it.

Thanks

[nutznboltz]

Seems you have to poke through the "debian/rules" file and see what the package does. There does not appear to be a standard approach.

[laney]

In order to know what features are enabled for certain packages one must know what ./configure options were used at compile time.

Given a binary package, how does one tell what ./configure options were used at compile time? Are they listed in a file or on a web page anywhere?

I searched for this a number of ways but could not find anything about it.

Thanks

You cannot see this from a binary package. What you want to do is download the *source* package using `apt-get source package' and then have a look at debian/rules as was mentioned above. It might not look like ./configure --args, but could be in a variable such as DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_ARGS or in a call to dh_auto_configure.