On 08/02/11 23:35, Svante Signell wrote: > 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?
AC_CHECK_FUNC. See the autoconf info manual for the exact syntax. Cheers, Emilio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
