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Re: AT_DATA and AS_ECHO_N
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Eric Blake |
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Re: AT_DATA and AS_ECHO_N |
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:33:39 -0700 |
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According to Joel E. Denny on 12/14/2009 2:53 PM:
>>> I've been meaning to add a new macro to autotest to allow more flexibility
>>> in
>>> generating files (no trailing newline, and/or allowing shell expansions)
>>> but it
>>> will not be in time for autoconf 2.64. Feel free to ping the autoconf
>>> list, so
>>> that I'll have a reminder email.
>> Is it necessary to have a new macro for omitting the trailing newline?
>> Couldn't AT_DATA detect whether a trailing newline is present in the
>> expansion and then work whatever magic is necessary to print the last line
>> correctly?
>>
>> I'll try to remember to ping again later.
>
> I was just clearing out some old emails and noticed that I never pinged
> you about this. Have you had a chance to work on it? I don't see
> anything in NEWS or the manual about it, so I assume you haven't. I'm
> still interested, but I'm afraid I don't have time to help, so don't worry
> about it if you don't have time either.
Sorry, this still hasn't percolated to the top of my list (yes, I also
have a backlog of old emails). But thanks for another ping.
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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