ax_have_poll
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Synopsis
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     AX_HAVE_POLL([ACTION-IF-FOUND], [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])
     AX_HAVE_PPOLL([ACTION-IF-FOUND], [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])

Description
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This macro determines whether the system supports the poll I/O event interface. A neat usage example would be:

       AX_HAVE_POLL(
         [AX_CONFIG_FEATURE_ENABLE(poll)],
         [AX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DISABLE(poll)])
       AX_CONFIG_FEATURE(
         [poll], [This platform supports poll(7)],
         [HAVE_POLL], [This platform supports poll(7).])

Some systems -- most notably Linux kernel 2.6.16 and later -- also have the variant ppoll(). The availability of that function can be tested with the second macro. Generally speaking, it is safe to assume that AX_HAVE_POLL would succeed if AX_HAVE_PPOLL has, but not the other way round.

Source Code
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Download the latest version of ax_have_poll.m4 (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf-archive.git;a=blob_plain;f=m4/ax_have_poll.m4) or browse the macro's revision history (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf-archive.git;a=history;f=m4/ax_have_poll.m4).

License
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Copyright © 2009 Peter Simons simons@cryp.to

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