Re: Improve the AC_REQUIRE error message

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 04:42:20PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Stepan Kasal wrote on Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 03:06:22PM CEST:
> > 
> > I noticed that the following error message is suboptimal, it should
> > mention AC_DEFUN instead of m4_defun:
> > 
> > configure.ac:12: error: AC_REQUIRE(AC_PROG_CC): cannot be used outside of 
> > an m4_defun'd macro
> > 
> > What about the following hack to fix it?
> 
> It would need at least a test.  But it's broken anyway:

yes, I underquoted the names of the macros.

I added checks for these error messages; it induced some changes in
local.at.

OK to commit?

Have a nice day,
        Stepan

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