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Re: [Gnash-dev] SIZET_FMT and runtime behaviour checking (was: Appeal fo
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Patrice Dumas |
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Re: [Gnash-dev] SIZET_FMT and runtime behaviour checking (was: Appeal for help - please do a quick test) |
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Wed, 6 Jun 2007 09:42:21 +0200 |
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On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:39:39AM +0200, strk wrote:
> (sorry for flooding)
>
> >From autoconf.info:
>
> << Avoid running test programs if possible, because this prevents people
> from
> configuring your package for cross-compiling. >>
>
> This means dropping the AC_TRY_RUN as a whole is a good idea after all...
Sure.
> What we want to know is just the printf format string to use for size_t
> variables. IIRC, the gnu libc provides a %z modifier for exactly this, for
> any other libc implementation we need to know both size and signedness
> of it. Also, we want to know this for the *target* host, not for the build
> host.
>
> All in all, the simpler solution seems to be always casting the size_t
> variable
> into a known type and forget about SIZET_FMT as a whole.
>
> Comments ?
Maybe this issue should be brought up on the autoconf mailing list? It
would be strange that it isn't something already known. Unfortunately
I don't have time currently, but I could do that in 3 weeks.
--
Pat
- [Gnash-dev] Appeal for help - please do a quick test, Udo Giacomozzi, 2007/06/05
- Re: [Gnash-dev] Appeal for help - please do a quick test, Udo Giacomozzi, 2007/06/05
- Re: [Gnash-dev] Appeal for help - please do a quick test, Benjamin Goose, 2007/06/05
- Re[2]: [Gnash-dev] Appeal for help - please do a quick test, Udo Giacomozzi, 2007/06/05
- Re: Re[2]: [Gnash-dev] Appeal for help - please do a quick test, John Gilmore, 2007/06/05
- Re: Re[2]: [Gnash-dev] Appeal for help - please do a quick test, strk, 2007/06/06
- Re: Re[2]: [Gnash-dev] Appeal for help - please do a quick test, strk, 2007/06/06
- Re: Re[2]: [Gnash-dev] Appeal for help - please do a quick test, strk, 2007/06/06
- [Gnash-dev] SIZET_FMT and runtime behaviour checking (was: Appeal for help - please do a quick test), strk, 2007/06/06
- Re: [Gnash-dev] SIZET_FMT and runtime behaviour checking (was: Appeal for help - please do a quick test),
Patrice Dumas <=
- Re: [Gnash-dev] SIZET_FMT and runtime behaviour checking (was: Appeal for help - please do a quick test), strk, 2007/06/06
- Re: Re[2]: [Gnash-dev] Appeal for help - please do a quick test, strk, 2007/06/06
Re: [Gnash-dev] Appeal for help - please do a quick test, John Gilmore, 2007/06/05
Re: [Gnash-dev] Appeal for help - please do a quick test, annonygmouse, 2007/06/05
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Re: [Gnash-dev] Appeal for help - please do a quick test, Rob Savoye, 2007/06/05