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On Jan 18, 2023, at 3:32 PM, Denis Ovsienko via tcpdump-workers
wrote:
> As it turns out, there is another unused macro (AC_LBL_HAVE_RUN_PATH),
> tcpslice became the first to lose this luggage.
Unused in libpcap back to 0.4 and tcpdump back to 3.4, so it may be another one
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On Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:22:28 -0500
Michael Richardson wrote:
> I haven't heard a clear argument as to what autoconf/configure gets
> us today over cmake, and maintaining both seems a huge waste of
> energy.
There's a comment buried in one of the build files: a release tarba
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On Jan 18, 2023, at 1:07 AM, Denis Ovsienko wrote:
> Thank you for explaining the context Guy, it is very educational.
A significant part of what's in autoconf, and a significant part of what's in
at least some configure scripts, dates back to old UN*Xes.
ISO C and POSIX
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On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 18:35:58 -0800
Guy Harris wrote:
> If you're curious what AC_LBL_FIXINCLUDES is for, and why most
> platforms don't need it, continue reading.
Thank you for explaining the context Guy, it is very educational. Is
AC_LBL_UNION_WAIT of a similar origin? N
