Re: AC_SEARCH_LIBS problems

[Paul Eggert]

> From: Sam Steingold <address@hidden>
> Date: 08 Aug 2002 12:22:47 -0400
> 
> this is probably due to misconfiguration of the solaris box,
> but this is beyond the point)

Solaris+GCC is notorious for being misconfigured in this way.

> I.e., AC_SEARCH_LIBS successfully links with "-lncurses" but does not
> make sure that the resulting binary actually works.
> Is it possible to tell AC_SEARCH_LIBS to make sure that the linked
> binary is actually runnable?

Not easily, in a cross-compilation environment, since you can't
run the programs.

However, if we ever get around to adding a 'cross-run' facility,
then we could do it.