Re: Need advice if changes to file_5.04-6 enabling build on GNU/Hurd are OK?
On 08/02/11 23:35, Svante Signell wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 14:58 -0800, Roland McGrath wrote:
>> Many other systems have asprintf, and all GNU systems do.
>> I doubt there is any Debian variant whose libc lacks it.
>> For the upstream package, the right approach to portability
>> is to use an autoconf check for the existence of asprintf.
>> Likewise for getline.
>
> Thanks you your feedback. I have just started trying to contribute to
> make more Debian packages building under GNU/Hurd, I'm still on the
> steep learning curve. Any pointers on how to add checks in autoconf for
> asprintf and getline?
AC_CHECK_FUNC. See the autoconf info manual for the exact syntax.
Cheers,
Emilio
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