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Re: 3.0.0 configure failure (bug in autoconf 2.10?)

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From: Bob Glickstein <bobg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: schaefer@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: 3.0.0 configure failure (bug in autoconf 2.10?)
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 10:44:34 -0700
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <960820102425.ZM7680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Organization: Zanshin Software, Inc.
Reply-to: Bob Glickstein <bobg@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Perhaps AC_CHECK_FUNCS is the wrong way to test for lstat?  I don't
> have autoconf 2.10 installed to check the info for a more specific
> AC_* test.

Well, there's AC_PROG_LN_S, which tests whether "ln -s" works; that
should indirectly indicate the availability of lstat().  But
AC_CHECK_FUNCS should work, and I consider it a bug in autoconf that
it doesn't.  I suggest sending a bug report to
bug-gnu-utils@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

References:
- Re: 3.0.0 configure failure (bug in autoconf 2.10?)
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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