Re: questions and doc patch on AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC

[Paul Eggert]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> At this point, I wonder whether it would be worth teaching autoconf
> about gcc's -w flag (and comparable flags for other compilers, if
> they are known),

That sounds like a neverending job.  I'm dubious that it's worth it.

Instead, how about if we use -fno-builtin if available?  Does that
pacify your version of GCC?  If it works, that'd be a lot easier.

>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Obsolete Macros): Fix wording of
>       AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC.

Thanks; I installed that.