no no in SuSE 7.1

[Phil Edwards]

On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 02:55:18PM -0400, Robert Bernecky wrote:
> Low-priority newbie question:
> 
> Make of a somewhat moldy gcc (-rbounded-pointers-ss-200-0730)
> complains about a missing script/execuable "no" in SuSE 7.1 Pro.
> Creating a do-nothing "no" script works, in the sense that the
> make completes, apparently successfully.
> 
> Am I doing something dumb, or is this just a moldy gcc?

Sounds like mold.  Typical autoconf tests return a "yes" or "no" string.
Some are supposed to return other strings, e.g., the pathname of a program.
If that program cannot be found, such a test /might/ return "no" (depending
on how it's written).

The caller of such a test normally examines the return value for sanity,
unless it's a very common program that is generally expected to exist.


Phil

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