"Bernhard R. Link" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Carlos O'Donell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080807 03:41]: > > Just because something is part of some ABI is no reason to not try to > autodetect it. It's an elementary philisophical idea behind autoconf > (and one of its biggest advantages in my POV) that you do not check for > the system but for its features[1]. > This allows it to support most new platforms for most programs out of > the box (and not fail if anything changes anywhere). > > There are some reasons to sometimes depart from that rule, when things > are too hard to check or too subtle to break. But just that this > information can be deduced from some triplet in alone is no reason at > all.
Another consideration is being able to do cross builds, and for that one should avoid AC_TRY_RUN. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
