On 10/21/20 6:15 AM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
We*could* add a special case in AC_INIT where, if any of the third, fourth, or fifth arguments contain the literal strings `AC_PACKAGE_NAME` or `AC_PACKAGE_VERSION`, those are replaced with the values of the first and second argument, respectively. This would keep the GHC code working as-is. I'm not sure whether that's a good idea; cc:ing Paul and Eric for their thoughts.
I'm not following all the details here, but my kneejerk reaction is that we should avoid hacks like that. If AC_INIT is that poorly designed, the best approach might be to come up with a new macro that is better, and suggest that people use that instead AC_INIT; if so, perhaps the hack you suggest is the best we can do for the now-obsolescent AC_INIT.
