Re: Should I define _GNU_SOURCE?

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Eric Blake <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 01/22/2018 09:55 AM, Victor Porton wrote:
>> I am writing a software for Linux/Unix which could benefit from
>> execvpe() C function.
>> 
>> But this function is defined only when -D_GNU_SOURCE.
>> 
>> Question 1: Should I ALWAYS use -D_GNU_SOURCE for compiler options no
>> matter what are user options?
>
> If you want to enable the use of a platform's extensions, the easiest
> way is to use the AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS macro (rather than
> -D_GNU_SOURCE, as only works for a subset of systems), prior to the
> rest of your configure.ac that probes which extensions are now available.

Do you have an example of something failing to compile with
-D_GNU_SOURCE? I trust your claim but I am just curious. :-)

Maybe the Autoconf manual should describe such possible issue in the
"Posix Variants" part?

-- 
Mathieu Lirzin
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