"Nicholas \"Indy\" Ray" <arelius@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > The problem is that on FreeBSD -ldl is not available or required, the > functionality is provided by libc I think understand that. What I am saying is that the configure script should test for that property--the fact that -ldl is not available or required--rather than test the type of host for which gcc is being configured. Ian > Nicholas "Indy" Ray > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> "Nicholas \"Indy\" Ray" <arelius@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> Indeed, I've sent in a small patch for a warning I got on FreeBSD, >>> however I'm not sure how to get autoconf to check the host system, >>> I'll examine other locations in the code and see if I can't cobble a >>> patch together. >> >> When possible, a configure script should test for features, not >> operating systems. So, for example, the goal would be not to check >> for FreeBSD, but rather to check for the availability of -ldl, which >> is typically done using AC_CHECK_LIB. >> >> Ian >>
