Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:16:32 -0500
From: Bob Rossi <bob_rossi AT cox DOT net>
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Subject: Re: autoconf
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On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 05:04:08PM -0500, Bob Rossi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using autoconf. I notice when I use things like
> AC_CHECK_SIZEOF (int)
> that the ac_cv_sizeof_int has the value of "4\r".

I narrowed it down further. It's AC_CHECKS_SIZEOF that does
  acgeneral.m4:  fprintf(f, "%d\n", sizeof($1));
which because I'm passing -mno-cygwin, get's a "4\r\n" in a file. (if
the size is 4)
Then it does
  AC_CV_NAME=`cat conftestval`, ...
That cat is the cygwin cat, so it puts out "4\r", which is incorrect.

Do I have to get a cat that's been built with mingw? When I try to
modify /usr/local/share/autoconf/acgeneral.m4 to do
  AC_CV_NAME=`dos2unix conftestval; cat conftestval`, ...
and then run autoconf, autoconf doesn't pick up the changes.

Is this possible to make autoconf do?

Thanks,
Bob Rossi

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