Re: autoconf 2.52h and OS/2

[Akim Demaille]

| Hello!
| I've just tested 2.52h and it is not possible to recreate
| autoconf's configure script. I suggest:

Please describe the problem.  The patch seems wrong to me.

| 
| --------------------
| --- old/autoconf-2.52h/lib/autom4te.in  Tue Feb  5 08:11:24 2002
| +++ new/autoconf-2.52h/lib/autom4te.in  Thu Feb 14 22:48:36 2002
| @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
|  # patterns: "*.ac"
|  # patterns: "configure.in"
|  args: --include @datadir@
| -args: autoconf/autoconf.m4f
| +args: lib/autoconf/autoconf.m4f
|  args: acsite.m4?
|  args: aclocal.m4?
|  args: --mode 777
| @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
|  begin-language: "Autotest"
|  # patterns: *.at
|  args: --include @datadir@
| -args: autotest/autotest.m4f
| +args: lib/autotest/autotest.m4f
|  args: package.m4?
|  args: --mode 777
|  args: --warning syntax
| @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
|  begin-language: "M4sh"
|  # patterns: *.as
|  args: --include @datadir@
| -args: m4sugar/m4sh.m4f
| +args: lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4f
|  args: --mode 777
|  args: --warning syntax
|  args: --language M4sugar
| @@ -178,6 +178,6 @@
|  begin-language: "M4sugar"
|  # patterns: *.msh
|  args: --include @datadir@
| -args: m4sugar/m4sugar.m4f
| +args: lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4f
|  args: --warning syntax
|  end-language: "M4sugar"
| --------------------
| 
| 
| Another idea: Would it be possible to start autom4te from the
| same directory where autoconf is stored?
| Then /test/autoconf/bin/autoconf would work even if
| /test/autoconf/bin is not in the PATH (or even worse if
| an outdated but stable release of autom4te in in the PATH)

CVS Autoconf depends on CVS Autoconf, agreed, which will obviously not
happen when it is released.  Currently, just run tests/autoconf
directly.

| A minor comment: There is a small thing in the configure
| script. Please let the current autoconf recreate that file
| before releasing a new version. Thanks.
| 
| --- test/autoconf-2.52h/configure       Tue Feb  5 12:29:00 2002
| +++ gnu/autoconf-2.52h/configure        Thu Feb 14 21:51:32 2002
| @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
| 
|  # The user is always right.
|  if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
| -  echo "#! $SHELL" >conftest.sh
| +  echo "#! /bin/sh" >conftest.sh
|    echo  "exit 0"   >>conftest.sh
|    chmod +x conftest.sh
|    if (PATH=".;."; conftest.sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then

please, describe the problem.