Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> BTW, would it be possible to tweak configure's test for "minimum working
>> C compiler" to include a check that cc accepts ANSI-style function
>> prototypes? That would allow us to bounce HP's lame excuse for a free
>> compiler with a slightly useful message ...
> Yes, unfortunately that involves that configure automatically mucks with
> CFLAGS, which could have interesting side-effects on some platforms.
Yeah. I would suggest doing it at the "check that C compiler still
works" stage, after we think we have all the CFLAGS. Couldn't we just
throw a prototyped function into that test program?
regards, tom lane
