On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 12:24 AM, John Spencer <maillist-autoconf@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > there are many configure scripts out there that still check for things that > are standard since at least 10 years, and doing this extensively and over > and over (people building software themselves usually build more than one > package) consumes a lot of time (especially due to the non-parallel nature > of configure scripts). > often configure scripts take longer to finish than compiling the source code > itself on decent machines with multiple cpu cores. > > having an option like --assume-c99 could provide a shortcut so all checks > like > > - have stdint.h > - have snprintf() > - etc > > and for posix > - sizeof int == 4 > - have select() > - etc > > could be skipped and assumed to be always true. > If changing the configure scripts in question is an option, developers could simply require C99 with AC_PROG_CC_C99 if they rely on many characteristics of C99. autoscan suggests tests; some of these might be unnecessary or included in broader tests. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
