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Re: question about AC_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE
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Eric Blake |
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Re: question about AC_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE |
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Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:09:57 -0600 |
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On 10/30/2010 01:56 AM, Vincent Torri wrote:
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> Hey,
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> in the autoconf manual, it is said that AC_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE
> "performs all the actions of AC_HEADER_DIRENT". And in the doc of
> AC_HEADER_DIRENT :
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> "This macro is obsolescent"
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> Does it mean that AC_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE is also obsolescent ?
No, AC_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE is not obsolescent. What is obsolescent is
needing to check for <direct.h> instead of <dirent.h> before using
d_type, if it is determined that d_type exists.
Documentation patches welcome to make this situation less confusing.
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