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Re: lynx-dev ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP |
Date: |
Sun, 25 Oct 1998 14:44:55 -0500 (EST) |
> I don't remember if this has been discussed before. I just tried
> autoconf for the first time. I get:
>
> address@hidden uname -a
> SunOS sanitas 5.5.1 Generic sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-5
> address@hidden autoconf --version
> Autoconf version 2.12
> address@hidden m4 --version
> GNU m4 1.4
> address@hidden autoconf
> configure.in:304: warning: AC_HAVE_LIBRARY is obsolete; instead use
> AC_CHECK_LIB
> autoconf: Undefined macros:
> ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP
> ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP
> ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP
> ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP
>
> Configure then crashes on the AC_DIVERT_HELP problem.
>
> Thanks for any advice,
> gil
AC_DIVERT_HELP is a macro which I wrote (in a patch to autoconf) which
works around buffer-overflow in the shell's "here documents". It's needed
to allow Lynx (and some other programs) to configure on older/less-efficient
platforms.
--
Thomas E. Dickey
address@hidden
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
- lynx-dev ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP, pg, 1998/10/25
- Re: lynx-dev ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP, dickey, 1998/10/25
- Re: lynx-dev ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP, pg, 1998/10/25
- Re: lynx-dev ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP, dickey, 1998/10/25
- Re: lynx-dev ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP, pg, 1998/10/25
- Re: lynx-dev ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP, dickey, 1998/10/25
- Re: lynx-dev ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP, pg, 1998/10/25
- Re: lynx-dev ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP, dickey, 1998/10/25
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