Re: [PATCH 0/2] Modernize header checks

On 2013-05-31 19:19, Eric Blake wrote:
> That said, would it hurt if autoconf just unconditionally defined the
> macros that were previously conditionally defined by a probe, so that
> code that was relying on HAVE_STRINGS_H instead of blind inclusion will
> still compile?

How would one do to be portable to both "some versions of FreeBSD" and
MSVC, then? (MSVC 10 also lacks strings.h, btw) One camp needs
HAVE_STRINGS_H to be defined and one needs to not have it defined.
Sounds evil to unconditionally define it under those circumstances. Or
have I misunderstood something?

Cheers,
Peter