Avoid the need for ssize_t.

Limit read() and write() requests to sizes that fit in an int.
This allows storing the return value in an int, and avoiding the
need to use or construct an ssize_t type. This is required for
Microsoft C, whose _read and _write functions take an unsigned
request and return an int.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e0c07b7..e974d1f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -465,23 +465,8 @@ fi
 
 echo >> configure.log
 
-# check for ssize_t
-cat > $test.c <<EOF
-#include <sys/types.h>
-ssize_t dummy = 0;
-EOF
-if try $CC -c $CFLAGS $test.c; then
-  echo "Checking for ssize_t... Yes." | tee -a configure.log
-  need_ssizet=0
-else
-  echo "Checking for ssize_t... No." | tee -a configure.log
-  need_ssizet=1
-fi
-
-echo >> configure.log
-
 # find the size_t integer type, if needed
-if test $need_sizet -eq 1 -o $need_ssizet -eq 1; then
+if test $need_sizet -eq 1; then
   cat > $test.c <<EOF
 long long dummy = 0;
 EOF
@@ -521,11 +506,6 @@ if test $need_sizet -eq 1; then
   SFLAGS="${SFLAGS} -DNO_SIZE_T=${sizet}"
 fi
 
-if test $need_ssizet -eq 1; then
-  CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -DNO_SSIZE_T=${sizet}"
-  SFLAGS="${SFLAGS} -DNO_SSIZE_T=${sizet}"
-fi
-
 echo >> configure.log
 
 # check for large file support, and if none, check for fseeko()