Hi Bruno, Eric, thanks for the bug reports.
* Bruno Haible wrote on Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 02:51:21AM CEST: > But there's another, similar regression in AC_INIT: > > ================================= configure.ac > ================================ > AC_INIT([GNU CLISP], [2.48++ (2010-07-03)], [http://clisp.cons.org/], [clisp]) > AC_OUTPUT > =============================================================================== > > With autoconf 2.65, no warning. With autoconf 2.66 (with or without your > patch): > > $ autoconf > configure.ac:1: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: 2.48++ (2010-07-03) > > Yes, in some packages, the version number consists of two parts, separated by > a space. The space isn't a what triggers the warning here, it's the parentheses around the date. OTOH, at least for Automake, the space is also a problem, because $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION) is used for distdir and not consistently quoted. Sure, you may not use Automake for your package, but that means there would need to be a stricter test in Automake for the version string. My current recommendation on this, since it's a warning only, is to either ignore it, or use -Wno-syntax to silence it for now. WDYT? Cheers, Ralf
