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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 09:58:47 -0400
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From: Jeff Trawick <trawickj@bellsouth.net>
To: new-httpd@apache.org
In-reply-to: <200004260055.UAA09507@k5.localdomain> (message from Jeff Trawick
	on Tue, 25 Apr 2000 20:55:17 -0400)
Subject: Re: auto configuration and full function prototypes
Reply-to: trawickj@bellsouth.net
References: <200004260055.UAA09507@k5.localdomain>

Greg Ames had the idea that I could first do a test to see if
prototypes are broken, and if prototypes are broken then don't do any
tests which depend on good prototypes.

test for broken prototypes (and/or some compiler setting that allows
the compile to succeed when an incorrect argument list is provided):

  #include <string.h>

  void main(void)
  {
    char buf[1];

    strcpy(buf,buf,buf,buf,buf,buf);
  }

If it compiles, set ARG_CHECKING_IS_BROKEN.

In subsequent tests that don't work properly with broken system
prototypes, make sure the compile will work when
ARG_CHECKING_IS_BROKEN is defined.

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