dbus ChangeLog,1.1140,1.1141 configure.in,1.184,1.185

[Thiago Macieira]

John (J5) Palmieri wrote:
>On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 20:08 +0200, Thiago Macieira wrote:
>> John Palmieri wrote:
>> >+               [AC_TRY_RUN([
>> >+#include <sys/types.h>
>> >+#include <dirent.h>
>> >+int main () {
>> >+       DIR *dirp;
>> >+       dirp = opendir(".");
>> >+       dirfd(dirp);
>> >+       closedir(dirp);
>> >+}],
>>
>> Do you need to run this program to test the dirfd availability?
>
>For freebsd you do since it is a macro and not a function.  Of course we
>could do an AC_CHECK_FUNCS (dirp) and if that fails run the program.  I
>don't know autofoo all that well though.

I meant: isn't compiling (AC_TRY_COMPILE) enough? Do you need to actually 
*run* the compiled code?

In special, you're not returning anything from main, so the test is 
actually returning whether closedir succeeded or not.

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