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Re: [patch] Re: Disable -lmcheck when Python has threads (Re: [BUG] gdb crash when "python import gtk")


On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:07:43 +0200, Khoo Yit Phang wrote:
> On Aug 31, 2012, at 11:40 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> > Such complicated test expressions are not portable, you should use
> > separate test invocations chained with || and &&.
> 
> Can you clarify the rule-of-thumb for this? Both -a and -o are used in tests
> elsewhere in configure.ac. No more than one -a or -o?

Autoconf manual really says:
	The `-a', `-o', `(', and `)' operands are not portable and should be
	avoided.

But '-a' and '-o' are already used in configure.ac.  '(' and ')' are not but
that should be the same category, also POSIX documents '(' and ')'.


Jan


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