[svn-r26263] Merge of r26219 from trunk.

Adds a comment to configure.ac noting that time and srcdir have
issues when used together on Cygwin. No code changes.

Tested on: jam bin/reconfigure (no code changes)

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cce2404..ed349b8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.ac Id: configure.ac 26178 2015-02-16 00:17:46Z hdftest .
+# From configure.ac Id: configure.ac 26224 2015-02-18 23:01:17Z chaarawi .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for HDF5 1.8.15-snap11.
 #
@@ -7911,6 +7911,11 @@ fi
 ## Check that time can be used with srcdir.  This is okay on most systems,
 ## but seems to cause problems on Cygwin.
 ## The solution on Cygwin is not to record execution time for tests.
+##
+## Note: This is still true as of Cygwin 1.7.32 (Aug 2014) on both 32-
+## and 64-bit platforms. Given how long this has been true, it seems
+## unlikely to change, but we should probably re-test this periodically.
+
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if srcdir= and time commands work together" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking if srcdir= and time commands work together... " >&6; }
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3c06572..ac58ecb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -760,6 +760,11 @@ AC_PATH_PROG([TR], [tr])
 ## Check that time can be used with srcdir.  This is okay on most systems,
 ## but seems to cause problems on Cygwin.
 ## The solution on Cygwin is not to record execution time for tests.
+##
+## Note: This is still true as of Cygwin 1.7.32 (Aug 2014) on both 32-
+## and 64-bit platforms. Given how long this has been true, it seems
+## unlikely to change, but we should probably re-test this periodically.
+
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if srcdir= and time commands work together])
 
 AC_SUBST([TIME])