Shachar Shemesh
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:36:41 -0700
Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > > I'd rely on gcc more readily than on my makefiles or > configure.in's The reality is that, although the autoconf docs state that runtime checks (i.e. - checks that require the program be compiled, linked, and then run in order to get a reply) should never be necessary, I have had to rely on them in the past. True, they ruin any chance you have for cross-compiling, but they are sometimes, nontheless, unavoidable. To sum things up. The difference between theory and practice is that, in theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is. Shachar ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]