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Re: autorescan?
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Ralf Wildenhues |
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Re: autorescan? |
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Wed, 2 Jul 2008 06:11:39 +0200 |
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Hello Tim.
* Tim Post wrote on Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 05:43:52AM CEST:
>
> Does a means to safely merge an existing configure.ac with the newly
> created configure.scan exist? Its easy enough to just copy the output of
> autoscan 2>&1 | awk '{ print $4 }' and paste it, I'm hoping to automate
> this safely.
No such automation exists. I expect that it would be dwarfed by the
work needed to adjust the actual sources for all the new tests, too
(i.e., adding '#ifdef HAVE_SOME_HEADER_H' where needed, and such).
BTW, I'd introduce new configure tests only when I know or strongly
suspect them to actually fix a portability issue; and I'd still try
hard to find a platform that exposes the non-default test result, to
make sure not to rely on other unnoticed assumptions.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Ralf
- autorescan?, Tim Post, 2008/07/01
- Re: autorescan?,
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