On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 07:55:52PM -0400, Jeff Trawick wrote: > Greg Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > No. apr_hints is a last resort. Actual tests like the AC_TRY_COMPILE() that > > Justin did are the right way to do it. We should always try to avoid > > hard-coding conditions to the host/library/whatever and *test* for them > > instead. > > > > autoconf was written to use the testing approach, rather than the "know > > everything about all platforms" approach that Apache 1.3 used. apr_hints is > > left over from the 1.3 days; ideally, we would find tests that would remove > > every single one of those hints. > > Which of the text below do you disagree with?
I disagreed with the use of apr_hints, rather than tests. Your point about *timing* of those tests is entirely valid. Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
