Re: FVWM: configure broken with 2.5.5

From: Paul Smith <pausmith_at_nortelnetworks.com>
Date: 22 Feb 2003 18:04:05 -0500

%% Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com> writes:

  de> Guess I've been fooled by configure again.

Oh that rude autoconf, behaving exactly as described in its manual yet
again!! How tiresome!

:)


In this case you actually got fooled by GCC, which has this
super-advanced extension that made what is unquestionably a syntax error
in any standard compiler, only a warning in GCC. The moral of the story
is that when it comes to portability, autoconf is no panacea and no
substitute for actually trying it on lots of different systems and with
lots of different compilers. At least two of each, anyway :).

I know that can be difficult these days where GCC is so prevalent and
most anything else costs $$...

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Received on Sat Feb 22 2003 - 17:05:54 GMT