[wx-dev] Re: wxPython-src-2.8.1.1 configure warnings

Paul Cornett pc-wx at bullseye.com
Fri Mar 9 10:00:49 PST 2007


Vadim Zeitlin wrote:
VZ> On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 16:35:22 +0000 (UTC) Olly Betts
VZ> <olly at ...> wrote:
VZ> 
VZ> OB> There is - if you pass a non-empty value as the 4th argument to
VZ> OB> AC_CHECK_HEADER, then autoconf will only use the compile check
VZ> OB> (and not do the preprocessor check at all).  That's usually what
VZ> OB> you want, since if the file can't be compiled, it's unlikely to
VZ> OB> be useful.
VZ> 
VZ>  Indeed. We should really use it instead of wasting time on
VZ> preprocessor checks which are absolutely useless. Any patches in
VZ> this direction would be really appreciated.

Although I can't find any documentation for this, it does seem to work.
So I went ahead and changed them.




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