Re: FYI: 39-gary-fix-gmp-test.patch reverted

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Salut Akim!

> This patch is wrong, since the goal of ./testsuite is to be able to be
> run easily by hand.  The functionality of TESTS_ENVIRONMENT you are
> looking for is in atlocal.  If GMP does not work, dig in there.

Ah yes.  At some point atlocal stopped being generated.  I am reverting this 
patch in favour of adding `tests/atlocal' to AC_CONFIG_FILES.  Is that the 
right way to do things?

> I still cannot build M4, so I can't help.  Libtool is definitely not
> helping me figuring out what's wrong :(

Send me a termlog and I'll see if I can help:

] autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.57c
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
] automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.7.6
Written by Tom Tromey <address@hidden>.

Copyright 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
] libtool --version
ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.5a (1.1251 2003/08/01 19:08:13)

Copyright (C) 2003  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Maybe it is just your version of libtool is not new enough?

Cheers,
        Gary.
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