Re: Better `failed program' logs

[Akim Demaille]

| > From: Akim Demaille <address@hidden>
| > Date: 30 Oct 2002 09:30:14 +0100
| > 
| > This is, IMHO, *much* more useful.
| 
| I think so too.
| 
| > But... and that's why I'm asking the question before applying it, it
| > results in a very significant growth of config.log.
| 
| I think it's worth it.
| 
| > +cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
| > +cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
| 
| Can't you replace that with the following, to save a fork+exec?
| 
| cat confdefs.h - >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF

Are you sure of the portability of `-' for cat?