Re: AC_FUNC_GETLOADAVG

[Patrick Welche]

On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 10:08:54PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > From: Patrick Welche <address@hidden>
> > Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 16:41:08 +0100
> > 
> > I'm afraid the new version of functions.m4 doesn't work for me
> > (reverting from 1.60 to 1.58 allows test to pass).
> > 
> > 143. acfunctions.at:15: FAILED near `acfunctions.at:15'
> > 
> > with
> > 
> > +configure: error: ./getloadavg.c is missing
> 
> This merely means that the test case was always broken, and the new
> functions.m4 detects the brokennness whereas the old functions.m4 did
> not.
> 
> > Where should I find getloadavg.c?
> 
> You should be able to use an empty file to do it.

I still don't understand. I have getloadavg() in libc, so
AC_CHECK_FUNC(getloadavg..) is going to pass, but it can't get that far as
AC_FUNC_GETLOADAVG (in lib/autoconf/functions.m4) tests for the existence of
$ac_lib_dir_getloadavg/getloadavg.c. I don't see why I should need that file
nor where it should come from! Why is that check there?

Cheers,

Patrick