Re: AC_MSG_ERROR is not suitable for config.status

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Pavel" == Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> writes:

Pavel> Hello!  The recent changes in AC_MSG_ERROR make it
Pavel> inappropriate for using in config.status. There is no logfile
Pavel> for config.status.

:)  Heck, you saw it before I could react :)

But in fact my choice was different: I do think that errors from
config.status should be reported in config.log.  So I would not apply
your patch, rather, a patch which opens AC_FD_LOG to config.status.

Pavel> Also it's better to indicate that an error happens in
Pavel> config.status, not in configure.

That's a different issue which was already raised a few months ago
(when you were against my using AC_MSG_ERROR in config.status :).

The question is: shall we make the existence of config.status official
to users, or we continue giving the impression that it is configure
that does the instantiation job.

I'm OK with both.  But we have to decide the policy about this
respect.