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Re: [perl #33948] configure checking echo

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From:
Andy Dougherty
Date:
January 28, 2005 09:38
Subject:
Re: [perl #33948] configure checking echo
Message ID:
Pine.SOL.4.58.0501281235270.18811@maxwell.phys.lafayette.edu
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Stephen wrote:

>                                              It is probably not a high
> priority, but Configure could use a little update. For instance, it
> includes sys/file.h instead of fcntl.h when sys/file.h in only a dummy
> that call fcntl.h anyway:

Well, it might be on your system, but it's certainly not everywhere.

Your broader point is correct -- Configure in many little ways still shows
its BSDish origins.  However, it generally works, so there's little
incentive to muck with things that work :-).

-- 
    Andy Dougherty		doughera@lafayette.edu

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