Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 12:15:51 +0300
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: libc question: Why no setpgrp()?
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> Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 21:48:41 -0400
> From: "Peter J. Farley III" <pjfarley AT dorsai DOT org>
> 
> At 10:02 AM 8/2/01 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> <Snipped>
>  >IMHO, that configure script has a bug which should be fixed.  It
>  >simply didn't consider that setpgrp might be absent.
> 
> Well, the script in question is from the gawk-3.1.0.tar.gz

Since that configure script is never used for the DJGPP build, it's no
surprise it doesn't consider such cases.

> released by Arnold Robbins

(who is my neighbor, since about 2 years ago ;-)

> BTW, even though the gawk-3.1.0 package has a pre-built "makefile" and 
> other files for "pc" use, including DJGPP, I am trying to see how few 
> "special purpose" DJGPP exceptions need to be used to build the package 
> starting with configure and the all the latest DJGPP ports.

If you intend to _use_ the Gawk you build, you should know that it has
a few nasty bugs.  That's why I didn't release a port of it yet: it
crashes too often for me to be able to offer it to users in good
faith.

> It's a "configure" learning exercise for me, but I'll pass on anything 
> else I find to Arnold as I find them.

bug-gawk AT gnu DOT org is probably the best place for that.