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Re: configure update warning


From: Jaroslav Hajek
Subject: Re: configure update warning
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:18:57 +0200

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 4:05 PM, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 18-Jun-2008, Jaroslav Hajek wrote:
>
> | hello,
> |
> | please consider this simple patch that makes the configure script emit
> | a warning if it detects that it is older than
> | configure.in.
>
> The -nt operator for the test utility is not specified by POSIX, so
> this patch would introduce a potential portability problem.
>
> jwe
>

Is there an alternative? I think that having this check would spare
people some trouble.

-- 
RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz


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