>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas E Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> This has been a default in Autoconf for years. I have a few ideas >> on how to remove this problem, while at the same time enable the >> implementation of other features. But it requires severe surgery, >> which is not possible at this stage. Maybe for the next release. Thomas> Removing the problem would be best done by documenting the Thomas> conventions in use. Err, isn't it the case? >> Anyway, there are so many scripts depending on these names, that >> whatever scheme will be chosen, we will keep them. Thomas> (such as AC_CHECK_LIB ;-) I must have lost the track here. Many people have asked for its modernization, but this precisely never happened because of backward compatibility issues. I guess you are referring to some change, but I can't remember which one.
