At 4:03 PM -0600 2/1/01, Albert Chin-A-Young wrote:
>On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:54:25PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>> >>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> Bruce> If the operating system is hp-ux, then they do it. If you want
>> Bruce> to be specific to HPUX 10.20, then configure shows my host
>> Bruce> system type to be hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20
>>
>> The autoconf way of doing things is rather to look at functionality,
>> not versions. I'll see what I can do, unless albert beats me to it :)
>
>Not all packages use their own vsnprintf() regardless of whether or
>not the system has one. Lftp certainly does not. And, I don't think
>Samba does either. Anyway, on HP-UX 10.20, patch PHCO_20441 (or
>possibly one of its predecessors) gives you the vsnprintf function in
>libc. Unfortunately, no header definition. So, this requires two
>separate vsnprintf checks:
> 1. Test if the function exists
> 2. Test if the declaration for the function exists
>
>I'm working on this now (just stealing how lftp does it). I should
>have a patch soon.
>
>--
>albert chin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I received a patched tar file from Albert, and I have succeeded in
building the revised LyX for HPUX 10.20 using gcc.
Bruce
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