Re: autoconf/configure problem on cygwin text mounts

[lemkemch]

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:15:35 +0200, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:

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> According to address@hidden on 8/10/2008 1:14 PM:
> | I found a cygwin specific problem, see also
> | http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-08/msg00308.html
> | http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-08/msg00309.html
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> | There seems to be a problem with autoconf generated scripts when  
> running
> | the resulting configure on a text mount.
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> |     FILE *f = fopen ("conftest.val", "wb")
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> | the configure and build succeeds.
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> This particular patch has already been made, but in a different manner:
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf.git;a=commitdiff;h=78dc34
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> I would suggest requesting at lame-dev <at> lists.sourceforge.net that
> they upgrade to a newer autoconf.

Thanks, I will do so.

Michael