Paolo Bonzini <bonz...@gnu.org> writes:
> On 08/08/2011 05:51 PM, Rainer Orth wrote:
>>>> libgfortran/acinclude.m4 (LIBGFOR_GTHREAD_WEAK) tries to determine a
>>>> sensible value.
>>>
>>> I think libgfortran's approach is the nicest to be added in
>>> libgcc/configure.ac.
>>
>> I'm not convinced: when it was introduced (or used more extensively), I
>> was already bitten by the fact that the GTHREAD_USE_WEAK test uses a
>> hardcoded list, instead of really checking what it is meant to test:
>> support for weak definitions. Perhaps the autoconf-archive macro is
>> better in this respect.
>
> I was talking in general about the approach, not the implementation. :)
I see. You're right, of course: it's much better to test for the
feature than keep lists of targets supporting it :-)
Rainer
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