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Re: Use of printf in libtool.m4
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: Use of printf in libtool.m4 |
Date: |
Tue, 6 Dec 2005 18:34:11 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.11 |
* Peter O'Gorman wrote on Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 02:37:20PM CET:
>
> Just looking to put in an honest check for -single_module support into
> libtool.m4 and I see this in _LT_COMPILER_OPTION:
> printf "$lt_simple_compile_test_code" > conftest.$ac_ext
>
> with similar usage elsewhere.
>
> Why do we go to so much effort to find a working echo if printf works
> everywhere? :-p
I know, at some point I'd seen it, too. :-/
We should still try to search for a builtin though. Not that we're
doing that very well now, but it makes a huge difference in
config.status execution time.
Cheers,
Ralf