On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 09:11:58AM +1100, Martin Pool wrote: ... > > 1. remove AC_FUNC_MEMCMP from configure.in because it causes Sunos > > 4.1.4 to die. memcmp() there fails the "8-bit clean" test, but it > > doesn't matter because memcmp() in rsync is only used to test if > > something is equal or not equal, not to compare if it is less or > > greater. > > What breaks if we leave it in? Is memcmp a compiler intrinsic or something > like that? > > No objection to taking it out, I'm just curious.
It says "don't know how to build memcmp.o". The configure rule only adds "memcmp.o" to $LIBOBJS, which was not used before. > > AC_FUNC_MEMCMP has always been in configure.in but before > > now it has been ignored because @LIBOBJS@ was not used in > > Makefile.in now and that was the only thing it affected. > > I think it is, isn't it? LIBOBJS = ... @LIBOBJS@, etc. It is now, but it wasn't a week ago. See http://pserver.samba.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/rsync/Makefile.in.diff?r1=1.55&r2=1.56&f=h - Dave