* William A. Rowe, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi,

> checking for /dev/zero... (cached) _dev_zero
> 
> It occurs to me WHY did we use APR_CHECK_FILE() instead of AC_CHECK_FILE()?
> What does it buy us?
> 
> I'd rather just chuck crufty macros rather than 'fix' them, when it's
> sufficiently covered already by autoconf.

ACK.

BTW: AC_CHECK_FILE() can be harmful, too - ie. when crosscompiling. 
You really should not rely too much on that.

AC_TRY_RUN() is even worse, it breaks it completely.


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