Re: autoconf meddles with LANG and LC_CTYPE

[Paul Eggert]

> From: address@hidden (David Kastrup)
> Date: 04 Mar 2002 14:18:41 +0100
> 
> I currently have in configure.in

> AC_DIVERT_PUSH(DEFAULTS)dnl
> [MY_LANG=$LANG
> MY_LC_CTYPE=$LC_CTYPE]
> AC_DIVERT_POP()
> 
> but this works only with autoconf 2.53.  Previously the diversion was
> named AC_DIVERSION_INIT.  Do you have any good proposal of how I can
> make this check for various names of a suitable diversion and then
> use the one that is defined?

Sorry, no.  I try to avoid diversions myself (not always successfully).

How about this idea instead.  Write a shell script called "configure"
that looks like this:

#! /bin/sh
eval `(locale) 2>/dev/null | sed '/=$/d; s/^/MY_/'` exec '$0.real' 
'${1+"address@hidden"'

and then invoke "autoconf -o configure.real" instead of plain "autoconf".