[Zlib-devel] [PATCH] configure: now accepting all gnu-style path options

[Enrico Weigelt]

* Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org> schrieb:
> On Friday, July 23, 2010 11:42:46 Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> > * Volker Grabsch <vog at notjusthosting.com> schrieb:
> > > The packages which use Autoconf usually make the _least_ trouble.
> > 
> > Interesting. How do you handling crap like AC_TRY_RUN
> 
> send a patch to fix the script to the maintainers

I did so, in many cases - w/o response. (one of the reasons why I
create the oss-qm project ...)
 
> > AC_CHECK_FILE ?
> 
> ive seen so few packages using this that i could count them 
> on one hand. and i already worked with those upstream peeps
> to fix the issue.

A few years ago (IIRC about '04/'05) I had dozens of them.
Interestingly even core packages, where some might expect a 
good crosscompiling support. 


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