From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12327 invoked by alias); 3 Nov 2009 16:55:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 12303 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Nov 2009 16:55:18 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:55:13 +0000 Received: from int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.21]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nA3Gsolg024986; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:54:50 -0500 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nA3GsnJL007377; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:54:49 -0500 Received: from opsy.redhat.com (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nA3Gsm5K001499; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:54:49 -0500 Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 19EA03782A4; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:54:47 -0700 (MST) From: Tom Tromey To: Joel Brobecker Cc: Jan Kratochvil , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [patch] AC_SYS_LARGEFILE References: <20091103094427.GA6724@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> <20091103140003.GF4557@adacore.com> Reply-To: tromey@redhat.com Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:55:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20091103140003.GF4557@adacore.com> (Joel Brobecker's message of "Tue, 3 Nov 2009 06:00:03 -0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-11/txt/msg00058.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Joel" == Joel Brobecker writes: Joel> This macro ran a bell, and I found: Joel> http://www.sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2008-11/msg00248.html Joel> Basically, we cannot use AC_SYS_LARGEFILE on Solaris. The little Joel> piece of code that I wrote to disable it on solaris-native should Joel> work well in this case too. libiberty uses AC_SYS_LARGEFILE without any Solaris-specific code. Why does that work? If this code is still needed, then let me suggest the more painful but also nicer approach of a new .m4 file in config/. Tom