using options for './configure' for software builds..

[bruce]

hi...

new to building software for linux and i have a pretty basic question.

when you're building software apps (http/ldpa/etc...) and you want to change
the './configure' options used for the app, i'm trying to find out if
there's a way to add the options to a file, and then point to the file. or
if there's a way to add the options for the './configure' cmd to an already
existing file...

ie, instead of doing:
  ./configure --option1 --option2....
  ./configure option_file

option_file
  --option1
  --option2
  .
  .
  .

in this case option_file would have the optins....

so how does this get accomplished under linux???

i'm sure there's a way to not have to continue to retype the options, i just
need to know what the correct way is!

thanks

-bruce