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Re: RESOLVED: [GNU Autoconf 2.57] testsuite: 53 101 failed


From: Duncan Roe
Subject: Re: RESOLVED: [GNU Autoconf 2.57] testsuite: 53 101 failed
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:19:29 +1000

Hi,

My real question was:

  Wouldn't it be better if autoconf used cpp from $PATH where gcc-2.95+ puts it?
  (rather than the obsolete location /lib/cpp)

Cheers ... Duncan.

On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 12:26:13PM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
>
>  > Hi,
>
>  > I sent you the bug report below last week.
>
>  > I have since discovered the cause of the problem: autoconf was
>  > using an old /lib/cpp which was a symlink into the gcc-2.7.2 tree.
>
>  > I remade it to be a symlink to the cpp in $PATH, then all tests
>  > passed. But why did autoconf try to use it in the first place?
>
> Checking that it gets good results.  But that fails on broken systems :)
>

P.S. My /lib/cpp is now:-

#!/bin/sh
exec cpp "$@"

-D




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