>>>>> "Olly" == Olly Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Olly> Thoughts? I'm happy to do the work, but I'd rather not spend
Olly> time on it and then get told it's not useful.
It is certainly going to be useful. Nonetheless, I think we should
not hurry. The problem you are addressing is clearly much broader
than just C++, or even just for the compilers. I, for one, have also
been bugged that Autoconf always picks up a candidate, tests it, and
then fails.
I would like to move AC_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST into Autoconf. I don't
recall the exact name, but it is a macro written by Ulrich Drepper for
gettext. This is the right way to go.
In fact, there is a rewriting of the AC_TRY which must happen, let it
be only for the quoting issues. I think it is also time to provide
something better than the weird AC_PATH_PROG, AC_CHECK_PROG,
AC_CHECK_TOOl and the like.
Then, we will have all the needed technology to address the
not-so-special case of compilers. Well, IMHO.
Akim
