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Re: Conditional AC_CHECK_HEADER


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: Conditional AC_CHECK_HEADER
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2023 21:58:23 -0800
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On 2023-02-04 05:42, Florian Weimer wrote:
Is there are some explanation somewhere
why it's not permitted to invoke AC_CHECK_HEADER under shell conditional
statement?  I couldn't find it in the manual.

The restriction is documented here:

https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.71/html_node/Common-Shell-Constructs.html

(look under AS_IF) and here:

https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.71/html_node/Prerequisite-Macros.html

Admittedly the doc could be clearer.

It's widely understood to be a misfeature, but it's gonna be hard to fix.



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