On Friday 27 March 2009 10:52:33 am Russ Allbery wrote: > "Gerald I. Evenden" <geraldi.even...@gmail.com> writes: > > Then I ran autoconfig followed by "autoconfig -vfi" and got messages: > > ... > > configure.ac:34: required file `src/malloc.c' not found > > configure.ac:34: required file `src/strtod.c' not found > > autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1 > > > > I commented out AC_FUNC_MALLOC/STRTOD and then everything went to > > completion. > > > > Any suggestions. > > AC_FUNC_MALLOC and AC_FUNC_STRTOD are indended to be used with replacement > implementations for those functions (usually from gnulib). If you're not > providing replacements, they're not very useful. I think autoscan will > suggest using them if you ever use either of those functions, but you may > or may not need the portability there.
I use both functions quite frequently but do nothing special about library use or using alternate source. I just assumed they are part of the standard library. I do not understand why there is anything special about these routines and did wonder why the special attention was given them in the configure.scan. I will play dumb and remove them from configure.ac. Thanks. In the mean time I will do a little research on this subject as time allows. -- The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum. -- Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) British psychologist
