Re: 2.49e problems with gcc

[Matthew Schalit]

Thomas !



"Thomas E. Dickey" wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 9 May 2001, Matthew Schalit wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I raised this problem once before, where I can't
> > boostrap CVS gcc using autoconf 2.49e
> >
> > Gcc builds just fine with 2.13.
> >
> > Summary:
> > ---------
> >   autoconf -l . gets run and fails with a gm4
> >   recursion limit of 250 exceeded.
> 
> check/see if it (gcc's configure script) uses changequote().


You found it.  Configure.in is loaded with changequote() calls.


> That feature is broken in the current alpha versions of autoconf,
> has been reported a few times (and shows up with this symptom).


Something broken?  Is it to be fixed before 2.50?

 
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Thanks,
        Matt