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Paul Eggert a1e82aff0f Improve year2038, largefile option processing
* lib/autoconf/specific.m4 (_AC_SYS_YEAR2038_PROBE)
(_AC_SYS_YEAR2038_ENABLE, _AC_SYS_YEAR2038_OPT_IN)
(AC_SYS_YEAR2038, _AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_PROBE)
(_AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_ENABLE): Do not use enable_largefile to record
whether largefile is required, as ‘./configure
--disable-largefile’ sets enable_largefile=no even if largefile is
required and this disables largefile.  Instead, use a separate
shell variable ac_largefile_required and test it as well.
Similarly for enable_year2038.
(_AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_ENABLE): Omit --disable-largefile help string
if year2038 is required, since largefile is a prereq for year2038.
2023-04-09 11:44:45 -07:00
bin Fix timing bug on high-speed builds 2023-04-01 16:44:28 -07:00
build-aux New script for building inside Guix containers. 2023-04-02 09:17:57 -04:00
doc Overhaul AC_TYPE_GETGROUPS and AC_FUNC_GETGROUPS. 2023-04-02 23:01:49 -04:00
lib Improve year2038, largefile option processing 2023-04-09 11:44:45 -07:00
m4 Go back to requiring only Perl 5.6+ for users 2023-03-31 12:52:50 -07:00
man make update-copyright 2023-01-20 23:41:13 -06:00
tests Overhaul AC_TYPE_GETGROUPS and AC_FUNC_GETGROUPS. 2023-04-02 23:01:49 -04:00
.gitattributes
.gitignore
.prev-version
.x-update-copyright
AUTHORS make update-copyright 2023-01-20 23:41:13 -06:00
bootstrap bootstrap: Use an absolute path for ACBOOTDIR. 2023-03-12 19:39:47 -04:00
BUGS make update-copyright 2023-01-20 23:41:13 -06:00
cfg.mk Fix ‘make syntax-check’ complaints. 2023-03-12 16:59:27 -04:00
ChangeLog.0
ChangeLog.1
ChangeLog.2 spelling fixes 2023-01-21 00:58:47 -06:00
ChangeLog.3 spelling fixes 2023-01-21 00:58:47 -06:00
configure.ac Go back to requiring only Perl 5.6+ for users 2023-03-31 12:52:50 -07:00
COPYING
COPYING.EXCEPTION
COPYINGv3
GNUmakefile make fetch 2023-01-20 23:41:12 -06:00
HACKING make update-copyright 2023-01-20 23:41:13 -06:00
maint.mk make fetch 2023-02-02 15:12:41 -08:00
Makefile.am make update-copyright 2023-01-20 23:41:13 -06:00
manifest.scm Add experimental manifest.scm for testing Autoconf under guix shell. 2023-03-12 20:06:53 -04:00
NEWS Overhaul AC_TYPE_GETGROUPS and AC_FUNC_GETGROUPS. 2023-04-02 23:01:49 -04:00
README make update-copyright 2023-01-20 23:41:13 -06:00
README-alpha make update-copyright 2023-01-20 23:41:13 -06:00
README-hacking Go back to requiring only Perl 5.6+ for users 2023-03-31 12:52:50 -07:00
THANKS spelling fixes 2023-01-21 00:58:47 -06:00
TODO spelling fixes 2023-01-21 00:58:47 -06:00

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