Alex Hornby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On a related note, does the restriction of not using shell functions in > autoconf macros still remain,
For Autoconf itself, we still avoid shell functions. But of course you can use shell functions in your own macros, if you don't care about porting to shells that lack shell functions. Personally I'm becoming more inclined to start using shell functions. Perhaps in Autoconf 3. > have the OSs with such shells now gone the way of SunOS 4.x? If memory serves, they're a bit more recent than SunOS 4.x. I recall that Ultrix was a holdout. Its last release was in November 1995. In contrast, SunOS 4.1.4 (aka Solaris 1.1.2) was first shipped in the early 1990s. (It last shipped on 1998-09-30. I don't know when Ultrix last shipped.)
