[mpich-discuss] mpich-1.4.1p1

[Anthony Chan]

----- Original Message -----

> How about non-ascii characters? e.g. Á (A with an accent)
> Are they OK in Linux directory and file names?

I think so, see Carolina's config.log output that I quoted earlier.

> Do they require some specific locale setting, UTF-8 character set,
> or other?
> Does autoconf digest them right?

AFAIK, only characters that have special meaning to the (bourne-compatible)
shell used by configure is forbidden.  The official statement from
autoconf is here

http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html#Special-Chars-in-Variables

A.Chan