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Re: AC_SEARCH_LIBS problems
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: AC_SEARCH_LIBS problems |
Date: |
Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:25:49 -0700 (PDT) |
> From: Sam Steingold <address@hidden>
> Date: 08 Aug 2002 12:22:47 -0400
>
> this is probably due to misconfiguration of the solaris box,
> but this is beyond the point)
Solaris+GCC is notorious for being misconfigured in this way.
> I.e., AC_SEARCH_LIBS successfully links with "-lncurses" but does not
> make sure that the resulting binary actually works.
> Is it possible to tell AC_SEARCH_LIBS to make sure that the linked
> binary is actually runnable?
Not easily, in a cross-compilation environment, since you can't
run the programs.
However, if we ever get around to adding a 'cross-run' facility,
then we could do it.