Phil Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 03:07:29PM -0500, Raja R Harinath wrote:
>> 
>> That's probably because it's been rate-limited.  Only one error per
>> forbidden word, it appears.
>
> Ah.  Okay, so I just need to put the m4_pattern_forbid() call at the end
> of configure.in, so that all possible uses precede it.
>
> *tries it*
>
> Very good!

I think you you should still try

  m4_pattern_forbid([target][_alias],[...])

> *sticks a use of target_alias in acinclude.m4/aclocal.m4*
>
> Crumbs.  Still only triggers on configure.in.
>
> *reads perl code*
>
> Oh.  It's documented as only complaining about the last input file.
> The comment is correct; this /is/ unsatisfying.  :-) Sticking a call
> to m4_pattern_forbid in acinclude.m4 doesn't help, either, since
> aclocal-1.7 doesn't use autom4te to do its work.  I'll have to think
> of something else.

???  

'autom4te' complains if the forbidden pattern appears in the _output_.
So, if the use of target_alias is in an unused portion of
acinclude.m4, it won't complain.

- Hari
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Raja R Harinath ------------------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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