Hello, Jim!
> I thought the conclusion (last message in that thread)
>
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/autoconf-patches/2000-07/msg00021.html
>
> was that it was fine to deprecate AC_CHECKING and simply
> use `echo' in its place. I guess it does need to be fixed, though.
I missed that discussion completely.
I don't think that deprecating a macro is a good idea unless it is flawed,
misnamed or has a long history of being used incorrectly.
I agree that AC_CHECKING doesn't fit the current naming scheme, but
reverting to "echo" is IMHO a step backward. You cannot redefine "echo" to
be silent or write messages to the log file.
So unless anybody decides to improve AC_CHECKING, it should IMO be fixed
to match the documentation and let alone.
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
