[svn-r26637] Description:

    Bring r26597 from trunk to 1.8 branch:

    Bring r26500 from autotools_rework branch to trunk:

    Remove the LLONG_TO_FP_CAST_WORKS macro/define, as it targets problems with
the Visual Studio 6 compilers.

Tested on:
    Linux/32 2.6.18 (jam) w/serial & parallel
    (Daily tested on trunk for 2+ days)

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0c1b82c..5222427 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2558,24 +2558,6 @@ case "`uname`" in
 esac
 
 ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-## Set the flag to indicate that the machine can _compile_
-## 'long long' to 'float' and 'double' typecasts.
-## (This flag should be set for all machines, except for under Windows when
-## compiled with Visual Studio 6, where the macro value is set in the
-## src/H5pubconf.h file)
-##
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([if compiling long long to floating-point typecasts work])
-AC_CACHE_VAL([hdf5_cv_llong_to_fp_cast_works], [hdf5_cv_llong_to_fp_cast_works=yes])
-
-if test ${hdf5_cv_llong_to_fp_cast_works} = "yes"; then
-  AC_DEFINE([LLONG_TO_FP_CAST_WORKS], [1],
-            [Define if your system can compile long long to floating-point casts.])
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-else
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-fi
-
-## ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ## Set the flag to indicate that the machine can convert from
 ## 'unsigned long long' to 'long double' without precision loss.
 ## (This flag should be set for all machines, except for FreeBSD(sleipnir)