Simon Josefsson wrote:
> AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gethostbyname, [inet nsl])
> ...
> if test "$ac_cv_search_gethostbyname" = "no"; then
> save_LIBS="$LIBS"
> LIBS="$LIBS -lwsock32"
> AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we need -lwsock32])
> AC_LINK_IFELSE([
> AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
> #include <ws2tcpip.h>
Why do you include <ws2tcpip.h>, when the declaration is actually in
<winsock2.h>? (At least it is in the mingw version I'm looking at.)
> ]], [gethostbyname ("foo");])],
> need_wsock32=yes, need_wsock32=no)
> AC_MSG_RESULT($need_wsock32)
> LIBS="$save_LIBS"
> if test "$need_wsock32" = "yes"; then
> LIBS="$LIBS -lwsock32"
> fi
> fi
>
> However, it seems rather ugly.
No, it's fine: It adds to LIBS only what is needed. It works when
cross-compiling. It uses the same technique as AC_SEARCH_LIBS.
> I was hoping to be able to connect to
> the AC_SEARCH_LIB logic somehow
You are only working around the lack of a #includes section argument
in the AC_SEARCH_LIBS macro.
Bruno
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