Hi,
On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 01:47:06PM +0200, Sylvain wrote:
> On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 12:43:48PM +0200, Sylvain wrote:
> I tested the fix under Debian/Hurd. AFAICS it works :)
>
> I'll upload a new Debian version of FreeDink with the updated
> install-reloc so we'll see if the autobuilders agre
> 2012-05-01 Bruno Haible
>
> lstat: Avoid "guessing no" when cross-compiling to glibc systems.
> * m4/lstat.m4 (gl_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK): When cross-
> compiling, set gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink to
> "guessing yes" or "guessing no".
>
Eric Blake wrote:
> Can we add other known-good systems, like Cygwin? But that can be an
> incremental improvement in a later patch.
OK, done in the patch for Autoconf. The patch for gnulib is simpler now:
2012-05-03 Bruno Haible
*alloc-gnu, eealloc: Avoid "guessing no" when cross-c
Eric Blake wrote:
> Patches for existing autoconf macros to make smarter guesses would be
> welcome, in my mind.
Thanks for applying the patch so quickly. It simplifies the logic of the
change in gnulib:
2012-05-03 Bruno Haible
getgroups: Avoid "guessing no" when cross-compiling to g
Paul Eggert wrote:
> I would think that a patch would be welcome for Autoconf,
> just as it is for gnulib -- we like to support GNU systems
> well.
Thanks for the advice. Now that the patch has been accepted in Autoconf,
it's more straightforward to override AC_FUNC_CHOWN in Autoconf < 2.70.
I'm a
Bruno Haible wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> However, I would find the above code easier to read if it were
>> written on fewer lines:
>>
>> case "$host_os" in
>> *-gnu*) $1 ;; # Guess yes on glibc systems.
>> *) $2 ;; # If we don't know, assume the worst.
>> esac
>
> Will
