Do I have a reasonable expectation of seeing --help output for all options in the base configure, or am I expected to run --help against every configure in the tree?

Thanks,

Jeff

jrhammon-mac01:git jrhammon$ ./configure --help | grep time
        runtime   - error checking controllable at runtime through environment
        runtime - Runtime control of data collected
        runtime         - Alias to "multiple"
  --enable-mutex-timing   calculate the time spent waiting on mutexes
                          speeds up one-time build
                          sometimes confusing) to the casual installer
              User-defined run-time library search path.
jrhammon-mac01:git jrhammon$ ./src/mpl/configure --help | grep time
                          speeds up one-time build
  --enable-timer-type=name - Select the timer to use for MPI_Wtime and
                             internal timestamps.
        gethrtime          - Solaris timer (Solaris systems only)
        clock_gettime      - Posix timer (where available)
        gettimeofday       - Most Unix systems
        linux86_cycle      - Linux x86; returns cycle counts, not time in seconds*
        gcc_ia64_cycle     - IPF ar.itc timer*
mach_absolute_time - Mach absolute time (alternative to clock_gettime
        device             - The timer is provided by the device
        *Note that the cycle timers are intended to be used by
              User-defined run-time library search path.


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