Re: [PATCH] Fix configure CXX check for absolute paths

[Kris Katterjohn <kjak () ispwest com>]

Daniel Roethlisberger wrote:
> Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org> 2006-03-02:
> > I changed it slightly to put the / at the end of the path rather than
> > the beginning: [...] I hope that still works.
>
> That should be ok.
>
> / at the end fails with CXX=/foo/bar/c++ when $prefix/bin/foo/bar/c++
> exists, and / at the beginning fails with CXX=c++ when /c++ exists
> (failure meaning the possibility of succeeding the check when no usable
> CXX was found).  Both cases are rather unlikely, and harmless anyway.
>
> Cheers,
> Dan

Couldn't you put them both in there?

AC_CHECK_PROG(CXXPROG, "$CXX", "AVAILABLE", "MISSING", /:"$PATH", "$PATH":/)

I have to admit I really don't know what I'm doing right here, but I'm still
just throwing it out there :)


Kris Katterjohn


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