Re: utils C files

Bruce Momjian writes:

> Well, the actual problem was that there was inconsistency in the way
> things where handled, e.g. some had their own rules for making the *.o
> files if the *.o files were out of the current directory, other didn't.
> I can change it but it has to be consistent. What do you suggest?

Can you point to one example of such an inconsistency? I can't find one.

The rule of thumb is that rules involving the C compiler should only use
files in the current directory. Otherwise you don't know where those
files are going to end up.

> > A secondary objection is that I've been meaning to replace configure
> > checks of the form
> >
> > AC_CHECK_FUNCS(inet_aton, [], INET_ATON='inet_aton.o')
> > AC_SUBST(INET_ATON)
> >
> > with one integrated macro, which doesn't work if we have to encode the
> > path into configure.
>
> The path is only the thing we assign to the variable. I can't see how
> that effects the configure script.

What I want this to read in the end is

PGAC_SOME_MACRO([func1 func2 func3])

> Actually, once we move stuff into the same directory, it will not
> matter.

True, that will help a lot.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net