Re: [gnu.utils.bug] AC_PROG_CC_G, et al, are not very robust

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On 16 Jun 2000, Akim Demaille wrote:

> >>>>> "Mo" == Mo DeJong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
 
> so I guess this means you can rely on grep -c.  But really, don't fear
> using wc -c, just write your test in such a way that it is pessimistic
> is wc fails.

this doesn't fit well with the proposal to make it work with non-UNIX
systems such as djgpp (assumes that various shell utilities are working
before you've verified the compiler characteristics).

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