* Noah Misch wrote on Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 11:41:42PM CEST: > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 08:17:51AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > Would grepping "^ #error directive:" break anything elsewhere? > > That is probably safe, but it adds a fork to every AC_COMPILE_IFELSE. Cygwin > would suffer especially. > > If we did use that approach, it would remain unwise to use #error in tests, > because you would introduce a silent dependency on the next release of > Autoconf. > Older versions would produce a `configure' that works almost everywhere, but > not > with this compiler on IRIX. > > I recommend removing usage of #error from tests if portability to compilers > with > this flaw is important.
Fixed in CVS Autoconf by documenting that #error should be avoided. Cheers, Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
