Victor Porton <por...@narod.ru> writes: > I am writing a software for Linux/Unix which could benefit from > execvpe() C function. > > But this function is defined only when -D_GNU_SOURCE. > > Question 1: Should I ALWAYS use -D_GNU_SOURCE for compiler options no > matter what are user options? > > Question 2: Should I check existence of execvpe() by checking > #if _GNU_SOURCE > or with AC_CHECK_FUNC(execvpe)? > > Question 3: Other advice?
It depends what kind of portability you aim. * If you don't care about portability just ‘AC_CHECK_FUNC(execvpe)’, and bail out if not found. * If you care about portability and you have some courage ‘AC_CHECK_FUNC(execvpe)’ and use ‘AC_LIBOBJ’ to provide a replacement implementation. If you have extra bravery send a patch to <bug-gnu...@gnu.org> which is a repository for such replacement. * If you care about portability but you don't have such courage, just don't use ‘execvpe’. :-) HTH -- Mathieu Lirzin GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761 070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37 _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
