On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 14:58 -0800, Roland McGrath wrote: > Many other systems have asprintf, and all GNU systems do. > I doubt there is any Debian variant whose libc lacks it. > For the upstream package, the right approach to portability > is to use an autoconf check for the existence of asprintf. > Likewise for getline.
Thanks you your feedback. I have just started trying to contribute to make more Debian packages building under GNU/Hurd, I'm still on the steep learning curve. Any pointers on how to add checks in autoconf for asprintf and getline? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

