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Re: [ft-devel] AC_CHECK_SIZEOF fails with minGW
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [ft-devel] AC_CHECK_SIZEOF fails with minGW |
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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:39:36 -0800 |
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On 01/26/2012 05:46 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> as a higher level response, i don't see why AC_CHECK_SIZEOF in your example
> is
> attempting to execute code at all. the latest autoconf is much much nicer
> and
> can deduce type sizes purely based on compile tests.
It can, but AC_CHECK_SIZEOF prefers runtime tests when not cross-compiling,
as that's faster (no need for a binary search).