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7 Results of Tests
Once configure has determined whether a feature exists, what can
it do to record that information? There are four sorts of things it can
do: define a C preprocessor symbol, set a variable in the output files,
save the result in a cache file for future configure runs, and
print a message letting the user know the result of the test.
| 7.1 Defining C Preprocessor Symbols | Defining C preprocessor symbols | |
| 7.2 Setting Output Variables | Replacing variables in output files | |
| 7.3 Special Characters in Output Variables | Characters to beware of in variables | |
| 7.4 Caching Results | Speeding up subsequent configure runs
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| 7.5 Printing Messages | Notifying configure users
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