Re: lynx-dev "configure" advice needed

[dickey]

> I now realize this is poorly done; the script that extracts 
> the configuration definitions is not sensitive to the 
> compile-time conditionals.  But the C compiler makes these 
> tests easily, and I know of no simple way to make the same test 
> in a shell script.  Can anyone suggest a clever way to do 
> this test at "configure" time?  Should I add a C program 
> to the suite to emit the lines? 

yes - I think you'll have to do that (use AC_TRY_RUN, etc., to determine if
your compiler thinks the native character set is EBCDIC).  It probably
cannot be done in a shell script.
  
> Thanks, 
> gil 
> 


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