On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 00:36 +0200, Neil Jerram wrote:
> > +AC_CHECK_LIB(uca, __uc_get_ar_bsp)
> 
> Is there any point in this check?  As far as I can tell we don't use 
> the result of the check anywhere.

We use it for the check's side effect: if libuca exists, it is added to
the LIBS.  Without -luca, Guile using __uc_get_ar_bsp would not link on
HPUX.  There are other checks that use the same logic, such as check for
connect in -lsocket and for gethostbyname in -lnsl.




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