Re: AC_MKDIR/cross-cc/number-of-args??

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On 10 Jan 2001, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:

> >>> "Thomas" == Thomas E Dickey <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
>  Thomas> it doesn't cover the problem areas (compilers that mistreat mkdir
>  Thomas> may prototype it in dir.h and dirent.h, for instance).
> 
> Would it be sufficient to check for these headers and #include
> them in the AC_TRY_COMPILE block?  (and is AC_HEADER_DIRENT
> suitable for this?)

I think that might be a good starting point (with the set of recommended
ifdef's and includes for AC_HEADER_DIRENT, of course).

> 
>  >> AC_DEFUN([AC_FUNC_MKDIR],
>  >> [AC_CHECK_FUNCS([mkdir _mkdir])
>  >> AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether mkdir takes one argument],
>  >> [ac_cv_mkdir_takes_one_arg],
>  >> [AC_TRY_COMPILE([
>  >> #include <sys/stat.h>
>  >> #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
>  >> # include <unistd.h>
>  >> #endif
>  >> ],[mkdir (".");],
> 
> [...]
> 
> 

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