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

[Vadim Zeitlin]

On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:00:49 -0800 Paul Cornett <pc-wx at bullseye.com> wrote:

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

 Thanks a lot!
VZ