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Re: read-only $ac_executable_extensions


From: Ralf Wildenhues
Subject: Re: read-only $ac_executable_extensions
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:00:37 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2007-01-26)

Hello Paolo,

* Paolo Bonzini wrote on Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 09:07:55AM CET:
> The variable $ac_executable_extensions is never written to, and only 
> used in loops of the form:
> 
> for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
>   ...
> done

AFAIK it has been introduced and is used by users as workaround
(e.g., by setting it in config.site).  So if we can agree to it,
we should probably document it rather than zapping it.

See for example <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-01/msg01220.html>.

Cheers,
Ralf




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