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Re: Call the AC_CHECK_HEADER macro on a condition
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Earnie |
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Re: Call the AC_CHECK_HEADER macro on a condition |
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Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:26:18 -0400 |
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On 4/12/2016 11:24 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
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> Also, checking for <stdio.h> is pointless these days. You can portably
> assume a C89 compiler (and these days, often a C99 compiler), which
> guarantees <stdio.h> is present.
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But removing that check would thwart the purpose of autoconf being able
to provide legacy support, would it not? I suppose there comes a point
in time when legacy needs a maximum age but I think that requires some
acknowledgement from the users of autoconf.
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Earnie