On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Eric Blake <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07/15/2016 01:00 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > >>> Autoconf does not define anything specific. You can write an early >>> AC_DEFINE in your configure.ac to trigger a specific witness used in all >>> subsequent probes, but that's a per-package solution. >> >> Perfect, thanks. >> >> Can the Autoconf folks recommend a name for the define? Maybe >> something like GNU_AUTOCONF or similar? > > The point of autoconf is to probe what your system behaves like when > autoconf is not running. If you are writing headers that specifically > behave differently during configure than they do in normal usage, that > goes contrary to the goal of autoconf. I don't quite know what problem > you are up against, but the best autoconf tests are the ones written as > close to normal usage as possible, not ones that specifically try to > circumvent normality. OK, thanks. I fear my Autotools ignorance is hindering efforts to get this fixed. I'm going to ask Pablo to work with you guys on a solution. Jeff _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
