Re: AM_PROG_CC_STDC and am_cv_prog_cc_stdc

[Kevin Ryde]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:
>
>       * m4/ccstdc.m4: Define am_cv_prog_cc_stdc for backward
>       compatibility and diagnose the use of AM_PROG_CC_STDC.

Sounds fair.

>       * automake.texi (Public macros) <AM_PROG_CC_STDC>: Remove
>       documentation, this macro is no longer supported.

Personally I'm against withdrawing features, or at least any feature
that has a sensible definition and isn't a big burden going forward.
But so long as old configure.in's get the right effect then it's hard
to argue against.

> +AC_DIAGNOSE([obsolete], [$0:
> +        your code should no longer depend upon `ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc', but upon
> +        `am_cv_prog_cc_stdc'.

Is that backwards?  :-)