James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's an open question as to whether Autoconf should replace an > OS-specific putenv() function just because it doesn't fully comply > with POSIX.
Nowadays these sorts of questions are typically resolved in places like gnulib rather than in Autoconf proper. For its approach to putenv please see: http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/gnulib/gnulib/MODULES.html?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/html#module=putenv Sam Lauber writes: > I've noticed a lot of free software is impolite to DOS systems. I wouldn't call it "impolite" -- it's just a lack of resources. Here's a relevant quote from the GNU coding standards <http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html>: As for systems that are not like Unix, such as MSDOS, Windows, the Macintosh, VMS, and MVS, supporting them is often a lot of work. When that is the case, it is better to spend your time adding features that will be useful on GNU and GNU/Linux, rather than on supporting other incompatible systems.
