Re: Enabling shell error handling in configure.ac

[Zack Weinberg]

On Sat, Nov 30, 2024, at 4:13 PM, R. Diez wrote:
>>>> Or is there any way to enable such automatic error handling?
>>>
>>> [...] be a useful project for someone to do, although it would take
>>> some time
>>
>> Like Paul I do not have time to pursue this any further myself, but
>> I'd be happy to guide anyone (you?) who wanted to work on it. If
>> you're interested in doing more complex projects in the future, it
>> would be a good way to get accustomed to how Autoconf's innards are
>> put together.
>
> Let's do the first step. It does not actually touch anything user
> facing or important, but it should serve as a signal (as an example)
> that it's actually the way to go in Autoconf:

Applied (with a small adjustment -- we cannot safely assume `set -u`
works, not even in a script that only Autoconf hackers will use).
Thank you.

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