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Re: Is __STDC_VERSION supposed to be defined in NetBSD?



>> On the other hand the configure script could easily test for
>> <stdbool.h> explicitly.
> sendmail being an ancient application has not been autoconfiscated,

Mercifully.  I'm _glad_ sendmail hasn't caught the autoconf disease.

autoconf configure scripts are horrible.  They guess wrong far too
often, are hell to deal with when they do guess wrong, and are security
disasters waiting to happen in at least two respects.

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