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Re: on the way of doing the alpha release
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: on the way of doing the alpha release |
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Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:51:07 -0700 |
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Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2006-04/msg00045.html
> will be the single largest source of subtle errors stemming from users'
> or third-party macros, in packages using C99 or C++, or users trying to
> compiler some C sources with a C++ compiler. For example, to account
> for the latter, gnulib macros would need several changes.
I am gradually giving up on supporting the compilation of C packages
with a C++ compiler. (I just this week gave up on this with the regex
package of gnulib.) It's not worth the aggravation.
Support for C99 and C++ packages is a bigger deal, though. I wish
there were a better way out of this mess.
> Should we try to scan the arguments of AC_LANG_PROGRAM and friends
I wouldn't bother.
> In any case, this needs prominent mention this in the release
> announcement (additionally to the NEWS excerpt).
Yes, that sounds right.