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Re: optimizing configure with resident sub-processes?
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Lars J. Aas |
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Re: optimizing configure with resident sub-processes? |
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Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:04:30 +0200 |
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 10:39:33PM +0200, Tim Van Holder wrote:
: > I know the above doesn't work, but could it be done in some other,
: > hopefully portable, way? Wouldn't it speed up configure by a lot if
: > we could apply it to the right sub-tasks?
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: > I was even thinking the "resident" sub-process could be a shell that
: > looped over a read+switch/case expression to emulate functions, but as
: > I said, I never got the I/O quite working.
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: <DOS advocacy mode>
: Aaaarghhh! No No No! Aaaarghhh!
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: Let me reiterate: Aaaarghhh!
No need to get upset - I was only asking if this was possible in a portable
manner.
Lars J