#13540: Automatically detect and test optional dependencies.
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       Reporter:  robertwb         |         Owner:  mvngu   
           Type:  enhancement      |        Status:  new     
       Priority:  major            |     Milestone:  sage-5.4
      Component:  doctest          |    Resolution:          
       Keywords:                   |   Work issues:          
Report Upstream:  N/A              |     Reviewers:          
        Authors:  Robert Bradshaw  |     Merged in:          
   Dependencies:                   |      Stopgaps:          
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Changes (by {'newvalue': u'Robert Bradshaw', 'oldvalue': ''}):

  * author:  => Robert Bradshaw


Comment:

 Checking just for the existence of `gcc` is insufficient, you would have a
 lot of false positives with missing/broken assemblers/linkers...  You
 actually need to compile something, preferably a shared library.

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