>>>>> "Bernard" == Bernard Dautrevaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bernard> The other one is the test for macro AC_FUNC_STRTOD; in
Bernard> fact the macro runs OK saying that 'strtod()' is broken on
Bernard> this machine and that 'pow()' is in libm.a (I don't know why
Bernard> we test for pow() if strtod is broken but anyway...).
Because the traditional file used to replace strtod uses it.
Bernard> The problem is that as pow is in libm, this test adds
Bernard> "POW_LIB=-lm" in the environment, and then the test fails ;-(
Bernard> I'm not understanding enough the inner workings of all this
Bernard> AT_TEST_MACRO testing framework, but I don't understand why
Bernard> adding things in th eenvironment is flagged as an error.
Thanks for the report. We are not checking whether things are added
in the env, it's a corollary of our testing that macros don't pollute
the user name space, i.e., use only sh var starting with `ac_'. There
are exceptions, you caught one, thanks!
Akim
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