Re: Bug#389558: autoconf: AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL throws error in comparision

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

hi

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > after that it was simple to find the real source of troubles:
> > i use autoconf/configure to configure a c++-application, so i only use 
> > AC_PROG_CXX (and not AC_PROG_CC !) before calling 
> > AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL (which i do for historical reasons...)
>
> Well, then you can just remove that call of AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL.
> First, with Autoconf-2.60, this macro is obsoleted anyway, then it was
> ever only needed for dysfunctional `ioctl', see the manual:

actually i did remove the call of AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL as soon as i 
found out what the culprit was.

> But lastly, you may have a point, however small the relevance should be:
> AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL should require AC_PROG_CC.  The error may be

exactly.


all the best.
madf.adr
IOhannes