Well, Didier and I talked about this issue, and, correct me if I
misunderstood, it seems that the primary issue is the fact that some
macros need to be before AC_INIT, while most others should not.
I've been bugged by this too, and, hit me if I'm wrong, all (y)our
troubles will vanish if *any* macro works after AC_INIT. In fact,
I've always preferred this, included for AC_REVISION, kill me if you
disagree.
The case of AC_PACKAGE, raised by Didier, is close to another issue
which was discussed in automake@: can PACKAGE and VERSION be computed
at sh time.
Personally, I'm extremely hostile to this, bury me if your opinion is
different.
So my plan is to have AC_PACKAGE work after AC_INIT only, with a
literal (in the sh sense: you still can m4-compute the arguments if
you wish, forgive me if you don't).
Alternatively, should AC_PACKAGE be removed in favor of AC_INIT/2-3
args? I like this.
Akim
PS/ Totally unrelated to the thread, but I cannot help showing this
incredible PostScript snippet to you.
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