>>>>> "Duncan" == Duncan Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Duncan> You do not know that the test compiles without warnings. The
Duncan> test decides whether you have snprintf by attempting to link a
Duncan> small program conatining snprintf. In particular it can
Duncan> succeed even if the declaration is not in the header files the
Duncan> example #include's. The declarations in some of these test
Duncan> programs are not even vaguely correct and the resulting
Duncan> binaries would surely die horribly if the code was executed.
What I do not understand is why the code links within configure test
but not when compiling LyX...
Duncan> Apache includes a widely distributed implementaion of snprintf
Duncan> for system where snprintf does not exist due to vendor brain
Duncan> damage. I think LyX should also include this code, which is a
Duncan> lot smaller than sigc++, for example.
We have that already. All we need is a good test.
JMarc
