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Subject:	Re: autoconf/configure problem on text mounts
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lemkemch wrote on 10 August 2008 18:46:

>> I am not familar enough with autoconf to be able to tell how that line
>> gets into configure.  I can't find it in configure.in.  All I can see is
>> stuff like AH_VERBATIM([HAVE_UINT64_T] and AC_CHECK_TYPES([uint8_t,
>> int8_t, uint16_t, int16_t, uint32_t, int32_t, uint64_t, int64_t]); I'd
>> guess it is releated to the latter.
>
>  Yep.  Those are macros that get expanded using m4 scripts based in
> /usr/share/autoconf to generate the configure script.
>
...
>
>   This is an autoconf bug upstream really.  They'd know best what how to
> patch it long term.  If you wanted a quick local fix, you could edit
> /usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/c.m4 and change that fopen command at  
> source,
> then any time you regenerate a configure script it'll come out ok for  
> your
> text mount.


Thanks Dave.  I've sent mail to the autoconf bugs e-mail address
referrring to this thread.


Michael

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