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Re: Plugin support for FreeBSD and OS X
"Nicholas \"Indy\" Ray" <arelius@gmail.com> 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@google.com> wrote:
>> "Nicholas \"Indy\" Ray" <arelius@gmail.com> 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. ÂSo, 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
>>