On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 10:44:11PM +0100, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: > If the function is already available by the system, the source file is > empty. At least gcc complains about this in "-ansi" mode and even > aborts compilation on at least one platform (OS/2 with gcc3.x).
If someone got ambitious, the correct way to handle this is to change the configure script to use AC_REPLACE_FUNCS instead of AC_CHECK_FUNCS. Then the makefiles can simply omit compiling the file if unneeded. -S -- by Rocket to the Moon, by Airplane to the Rocket, by Taxi to the Airport, by Frontdoor to the Taxi, by throwing back the blanket and laying down the legs ... - They Might Be Giants
