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Re: why not use getconf utility?
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: why not use getconf utility? |
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Thu, 02 Sep 2004 23:13:16 -0700 |
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Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> writes:
> Ed Hartnett <address@hidden> writes:
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>> I've seen in many messages and web pages that autoconf no longer uses
>> getconf, and I wonder why that is the case?
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> It doesn't work with cross compilation.
Yes, that's the main reason. Another, less-important reason is that
largefile-related getconf flags are are not really standardized well
in practice, and it's easier to maintain Autoconf without having to
worry about variations in getconf variable names.