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According to Eric Blake on 9/3/2007 4:50 PM: > Martin Koeppe <mkoeppe <at> gmx.de> writes: > > Hello Martin, > >> thanks for the link and for pointing out the existence of >> AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS. I think this is the right place to also >> require AC_INTERIX. (I first read the docs for 2.59 as these are the >> latest docs in Debian because of licensing issues.) > > Sorry for joining the conversation late; I just discovered my bug-autoconf > list > subscription was having issues. I'm wondering if gnulib's 'extensions' module > does this already, or if we should fold it into autoconf. Anyway, on further investigation, gnulib's m4/extensions.m4 does not currently mention _ALL_SOURCE, so it looks like we should fix this issue in both autoconf and gnulib. > >> Anyway, I applied the attached patch to 2.61 and then run the test >> suite. The results are also attached. The docs maybe should mention >> which functionality gets enabled by AC_INTERIX, but I have no idea on >> how to summarize it. I can do further tests/changes if required. > > Personally, I'd rather have one macro that enables as many platforms as > possible, rather than having to add a macro for every new platform. As in > AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS. > - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG3JDJ84KuGfSFAYARAuQpAKC9/nxnZUUzj1aeYj/HDHm7vRmQzACgrzEt XjazpKSo2345SkH39ESsGBw= =eTgO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
