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>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Buchholz <mrb@eng.sun.com> writes:
>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Benson <eb@amazon.com> writes:

Eric> Apparently configure isn't finding some of the system calls that
Eric> exist on Digital Unix.  HAVE_SELECT was previously added.

Martin> This patch doesn't look like the way to fix it.  You need to figure
Martin> out WHY configure fails to work on this system, so that we can fix
Martin> configure, instead of hardcoding features into OS files.

Speaking of not hardcoding features into OS files ... my least
favorite hardcoded feature is `MAIL_USE_FLOCK'.  I can't think of any
kind of reasonably portable test to run for it, so it would probably
have to be an additional option flag.

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