[sr #111044] autoconf should assert existence of all subsidiary tools at startup

Eric Gallager <[email protected]> Wed, 16 Oct 2024 21:05:15 -0400 (EDT)

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Follow-up Comment #5, sr #111044 (group autoconf):

[comment #1 comment #1:]
> To elaborate on that, people may use the output of such tools to enable or
disable certain compiler features. An example of such a case was found when
building OpenVPN [0].
> 
> [0] https://twitter.com/disconnect3d_pl/status/1774747022362325263 (probably
change twitter to nitter to get access without logging in)

Note that most nitter instances no longer work reliably; see discussion in the
following issue: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/983



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