Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Ed Hartnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I've seen in many messages and web pages that autoconf no longer uses
>> getconf, and I wonder why that is the case?
>
> It doesn't work with cross compilation.

Yes, that's the main reason.  Another, less-important reason is that
largefile-related getconf flags are are not really standardized well
in practice, and it's easier to maintain Autoconf without having to
worry about variations in getconf variable names.


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