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Re: [PATCH 1/2] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: new macro, mostly for aclocal
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [PATCH 1/2] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: new macro, mostly for aclocal |
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Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:07:29 -0700 |
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On 11/09/2012 09:00 AM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>>> Hmm, I'm wondering if we should do something fancier, and have both
>>> AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR and AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS collaborate so that the
>>> FIRST call to either macro causes AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR to be traced.
>>>
>> Considering that I'd like to see AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR deprecated in
>> Autoconf 2.71 and removed in Autoconf 2.72, I believe that would be
>> a bit of an overkill.
>> ...
>
> It is completely crazy to imagine removing a macro in Autoconf 2.72
> that is as of today used in half of all configure.ac files. [1]
>
> Did you ever consider the consequences e.g. for Debian, where more than
> thousand packages are re-running autoconf at package build time?
Yes, which is why I have been insisting that we do not deprecate
AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, and am under the gun to post the revised patches
today for my scheme of supporting both names along with error checking
if they are used incorrectly.
--
Eric Blake address@hidden +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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- Re: [PATCH 1/2] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: new macro, mostly for aclocal, Eric Blake, 2012/11/02
- Re: [PATCH 1/2] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: new macro, mostly for aclocal, Eric Blake, 2012/11/02
- Re: [PATCH 1/2] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: new macro, mostly for aclocal, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/11/02
- Re: [PATCH 1/2] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: new macro, mostly for aclocal, Adrian Bunk, 2012/11/09
- Re: [PATCH 1/2] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: new macro, mostly for aclocal,
Eric Blake <=
- Re: [PATCH 1/2] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: new macro, mostly for aclocal, Nick Bowler, 2012/11/09
- aclocal: stop handling AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR; handle just AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS (was: Re: [PATCH 1/2] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: new macro, mostly for aclocal, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/11/09
- Re: bug#12845: aclocal: stop handling AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR; handle just AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/11/10