Re: AC_CHECK_DECLS(basename) (Was: Re: Ping: patches required for --enable-build-with-cxx)

[Richard Guenther]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 1:26 AM, Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Maybe we can use this in AC_CHECK_DECLS instead of having a new
>>> separate macro.  If there is a parenthesis in the name call the new
>>> version, if there is none, call the old one.
>>
>> You shouldn't need to keep the old version around, it's supposed to be
>> a drop-in replacement.  The reason I used a new name was that I'm not
>> sure if GCC project can wait till we have a suitable macro in autoconf.
>
> Yes, I saw that now in the libcpp part of your patch.  That's even better!
>
>> Even if you put it now into the autoconf codebase, GCC would presumably
>> have to wait for some time after the next release to use it.
>
> We have a mechanism for importing code from newer Autoconf versions
> (in config/override.m4).

Any progress here?  If we want to switch on --enable-build-with-cxx
by default then this has to be addressed.

Richard.

> Paolo
>