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Re: about gawk |& operator and getline on HPUX11


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: about gawk |& operator and getline on HPUX11
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 01:05:31 -0700 (PDT)

> Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 18:02:46 +0200
> From: Stepan Kasal <address@hidden>
> 
> AC_STRUCT_ST_BLKSIZE is obsolete, one should use
> AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct stat.st_blksize]) instead.
> But that generic macro cannot contain that special test for HP-UX 11.
> We need "specialization"--I've seen some words about it in autoconf's
> TODO but what is its actual status?  Is it just a wish?

Yes, so far.  In the meantime we can just change the Autoconf
documentation so that AC_STRUCT_ST_BLKSIZE is no longer marked
obsolescent.  (This is assuming that we can figure out what to put
into the fixed AC_STRUCT_ST_BLKSIZE.)



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