Autoconf nitpicking

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From: Jason Merrill
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:13

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The AC_DYNIX_SEQ check and documentation should be more clear about exactly
what it is checking for.  Both Dynix and PTX have the /usr/lib/libseq.a,
but the former is BSD, the latter SYSV, and the one the check is intended
for.  Both OSes run on Sequent hardware, so defining SEQUENT as a
consequence of the check isn't very clear.  Sequent distinguishes between
them by defining _SEQUENT_ for PTX, sequent for Dynix...

Jason Merrill
jason@jarthur.claremont.edu

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From: jason@jarthur.claremont.edu (Jason Merrill)
Subject: Autoconf nitpicking
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