Re: config.cache considered harmful

[Ian Lance Taylor]

   From: Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
   Date: 25 Feb 2000 12:39:26 +0100

   I claim that machines without Bourne shells supporting unset and
   functions are no longer to be considered.  No single guy could name me
   such a broken machine.  I'd really love that we move to functions some
   day.

I'm typing this message right now on a machine for which /bin/sh does
not support unset or functions.  This machine is my mail and news
server, and I use it all the time.

It's true that this machine has a shell /bin/sh5 which supports unset.
However, /bin/sh5 does not support shell functions.

This machine is a DECstation 3100 running Ultrix 4.0.

The point of autoconf is portability to all machines, not just to all
recent machines.

Ian