Hi,
Is this really whise?
I remember the old time when you should compile emacs. You had to look
in the README file and change something in a configuration file with a
text editor and then write "make".
A few years later, the way of compiling emacs was
./configure
make
Where the configure script tested the capabilities of the operating
system and linked in substitutes if certain library or system calls were
missing.
What I suggest is that you test for the LINUX capabilities in the
configure script. By this way will the software be much more portable to
other operating systems.
My belief is that the operating system is of none importance. It's the
library and system calls that the application depend upon.
Yes all my servers run Linux.
But I am only a subscriber to your mailing list. I have not even dared
to install dbmail yet. I like following your progress this way.
regards,
Magnus
Ryan Butler wrote:
Adds support for checking what OS you're using, and adding a -DLINUX if
its linux. In the future it will also help for adding os specific
checks for other things.
Addresses Dave and Jesse's need for -DLINUX for right now. This patch
also has the autoconf/automake reran, which updates the paths for the
sqlheader stuff, this came from today's cvs, so apply this one instead
of the previous patch about updating configure to match configure.in
If you know of something your particular os needs that the standard
configure doesn't show post a reply to this thread.
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