[Python-Dev] bad exec* prototypes check (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip at pobox.com
Fri Jan 16 22:14:55 EST 2004

In configure.in there is a check for bad exec* prototypes:

if test "$have_prototypes" = yes; then
bad_prototypes=no
AC_MSG_CHECKING(for bad exec* prototypes)
AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <unistd.h>], [char **t;execve("@",t,t);], ,
    AC_DEFINE(BAD_EXEC_PROTOTYPES, 1,
    [Define if your <unistd.h> contains bad prototypes for exec*()
    (as it does on SGI IRIX 4.x)]) 
    bad_prototypes=yes
)
AC_MSG_RESULT($bad_prototypes)
fi

Since we assume a proper ANSI C compiler at this point, can we get rid of this test?

Skip

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