Re: Reverse AC_REQUIRE and AC_CHECK_TYPE changes?

2001-08-01 Thread Adam J. Richter
Akim, Thank you for you response about my questions on the changes to AC_REQUIRE and AC_CHECK_TYPE. I had already read the documentation that you refer to before I sent my email. What I was looking for were *reasons* for the change, by which I mean something other than one person's opin

Re: "make check" may have trashed my system

2001-08-01 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 02:05:55PM -0400, Paul J. Menchini wrote: > >> From: "Paul J. Menchini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:50:26 -0400 (EDT) > > >> I discovered that every non-directory file in > >> / was gone; in particular, the symbolic links /bin, /lib, and /sys > >> [pl

Re: "make check" may have trashed my system

2001-08-01 Thread Paul Eggert
> From: "Paul J. Menchini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 14:05:55 -0400 (EDT) > >> From: "Paul J. Menchini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:50:26 -0400 (EDT) > > >> I discovered that every non-directory file in > >> / was gone; in particular, the symbolic links /

Re: Reverse AC_REQUIRE and AC_CHECK_TYPE changes?

2001-08-01 Thread Adam J. Richter
>From: Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Adam> 1. AC_REQUIRE cannot be called from top level. [...] >Adam> Now I have to write lots of little macros like: >Adam> AC_DEFUN(REQUIRE_FOO,[AC_REQUIRE(FOO)]); AC_REQUIRE_FOO >Why? Just run FOO. Because many of your macros generate warning

Re: Reverse AC_REQUIRE and AC_CHECK_TYPE changes?

2001-08-01 Thread Lars J. Aas
On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 08:26:16PM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote: : > "Adam" == Adam J Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : Adam> Anyhow, my feedback is fairly simple: there are two changes : Adam> that I keep bumping into that tend to make a lot of work, and I : Adam> don't get the sens

autom4te and aclocal.m4 (Was: Autoconf 2.52b released)

2001-08-01 Thread Lars J. Aas
On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 07:40:38PM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote: : 2. Everything is on top of autom4te, which is a Perl 5.5 script. [...] : fileutils-4.1 % time autoconf2.50; time autoheader2.50 : autoconf2.5020,65s user 1,35s system 78% cpu 27,876 total : autoheader2.50 21,40s

Re: Reverse AC_REQUIRE and AC_CHECK_TYPE changes?

2001-08-01 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Adam" == Adam J Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> At the outset, let me say that I am very glad to see the faster Adam> release cycle for autoconf these days. So are we! I think I stopped losing hair, and it might even be growing back! Adam> Anyhow, my feedback is fairly sim

Re: "make check" may have trashed my system

2001-08-01 Thread Paul J. Menchini
Paul, >> From: "Paul J. Menchini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:50:26 -0400 (EDT) >> I discovered that every non-directory file in >> / was gone; in particular, the symbolic links /bin, /lib, and /sys (in >> addition to /tmp and some local symbolic links) and the files /boot,

Autoconf 2.52b released

2001-08-01 Thread Akim Demaille
I've just uploaded Autoconf 2.52b (for Autoconf 2.52a was broken, of course...). It might seem a bit premature, but recently there have been dramatical changes in Autoconf: 1. The package layout has completely changed This is in order to make some room for future M4 packages, such as M4s

Teledirekt Nederland SoftwareNieuws | Juli 2001

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