> > And I'm not sure which is more fragile, user input or coded checks. > Best would be functional and safe automatic checks ;) Ideally, I agree with you. But in reality, the ideal pretty much never happens. > The worst are semi-thought out automatic checks silently failing and > producing bogus results. A GCC version check definitely from of this > class, due to the reasons I gave in my initial reply. A bug is a bug. I don't see a significant difference between something that (apparently) works that is based on a version number check, an OS version check, or a feature test. H _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
