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Re: What can be done when you have an M4 string end?
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Dan Kegel |
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Re: What can be done when you have an M4 string end? |
Date: |
Sun, 02 Dec 2001 13:18:59 -0800 |
Tim Van Holder wrote:
>
> > This is all you get:
> >
> > > $ autoheader
> > > /usr/bin/m4: ERROR: EOF in string
> > > autoconf: tracing failed
> >
> > Any hints about what to do?
>
> That is a very annoying message indeed.
> One thing you should check for is unbalanced
> brackets. That often seems to be the cause
> for that error.
>
> Akim, is there any way you can avoid this and
> get a nice 'unbalanced brackets' message instead?
That was very nearly the error message I got when using
a filename that included dnl. No doubt the dnl in the
filename caused a parenthesis matching problem.
- Dan