Re: UnixWare UP3 compiler detection patch

--On Saturday, November 01, 2003 00:17:46 +0100 Peter Eisentraut
<peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:

> Larry Rosenman writes:
>
>> I put the following patch to detect the 7.1.3 UP3 compiler. If there
>> are no SERIOUS objections, please apply:
>
> This patch breaks about all the rules for robust autoconf tests:
>
> 1. Compile things using the compiler and the flags that the user chose,
> not hardcoded ones.
We are just checking a preprocessor define that we know will exist in
the SCO cc case, and this preprocessor define does NOT change based
on flags.
>
> 2. Make sure you can clean up after yourself even if your code doesn't run
> all the way through.
I can, and I've tested it, because I blew the test a couple of times.
>
> 3. Don't execute programs you just compiled.
Why not?

It's only on the ONE platform, and how would you prefer the test be done?

>
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> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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