Re: RFE: configure -> dependency list on exit.

2005-03-01 Thread Stepan Kasal
Hi, On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 02:16:53PM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote: > Stepan Kasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > AC_MSG_NEED(PACKAGE, TEXT) > > -- > > Prints a message and saves it for later usage. > > My main comment is that the suggestion should be generalized. Ge

warning from AC_LANG_PROGRAM(Fortran 77)

2005-03-01 Thread John W. Eaton
On 11-Nov-2004, I wrote: | I'm using Autoconf 2.59: | | devzero:450> autoconf --version | autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59 | Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille. | | Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There i

Re: autoconf 2.59 - Syntax error in autoreconf?

2005-03-01 Thread Paul Eggert
"Stan Guillory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So autoconf depends on perl 5.8 then? We are using 5.0. In 5.0 it is > definitely not optional. No, it's a portability bug in Autoconf. Autoconf is supposed to assume only Perl 5.005_03 (1999) or later. _

Re: RFE: configure -> dependency list on exit.

2005-03-01 Thread Dan Manthey
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Paul Eggert wrote: > For example, we could add an optional argument for AC_MSG_NOTICE, that > says the notice should be appended to the end of the output rather > than put into the middle. Then the user could do something like this: > > AC_MSG_NOTICE([Suggestion for foo: grab

Re: RFE: configure -> dependency list on exit.

2005-03-01 Thread Paul Eggert
Stepan Kasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > AC_MSG_NEED(PACKAGE, TEXT) > -- > Prints a message and saves it for later usage. My main comment is that the suggestion should be generalized. Users should be able to append arbitrary messages, not just suggestions for particu

Problem with shared libraries on Solaris 8

2005-03-01 Thread Stan Guillory
I have just upgraded to Autoconf 2.59, Automake 1.95, and Libtool 1.5.14. Now when I build shared libraries, they don't have the .so extension in thier names. Anybody know why? It may be a question for the libtool list, but I thought I try both places. Stan >>> Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <[EMAIL

Re: RFE: configure -> dependency list on exit.

2005-03-01 Thread Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Stepan Kasal wrote: Hi, let me formulate a proposal. I try to be as specific as possible. Thank you, this is a help (I'm somewhat overloaded at the moemnt). AC_MSG_NEED(PACKAGE, TEXT) -- Prints a message and saves it for later usage. Example: AC_MSG

Re: RFE: configure -> dependency list on exit.

2005-03-01 Thread Stepan Kasal
Hi, let me formulate a proposal. I try to be as specific as possible. AC_MSG_NEED(PACKAGE, TEXT) -- Prints a message and saves it for later usage. Example: AC_MSG_NEED(foo, [grab the latest foo from foo.org]) prints: Suggestion: foo grab the latest foo f

Re: autoconf 2.59 - Syntax error in autoreconf?

2005-03-01 Thread Stan Guillory
So autoconf depends on perl 5.8 then? We are using 5.0. In 5.0 it is definitely not optional. Thanks, Stan >>> Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2/28/2005 4:57:31 PM >>> "Stan Guillory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That is the mkdir command requires two arguments, and the autoreconf > scrip

Re: RFE: configure -> dependency list on exit.

2005-03-01 Thread Stepan Kasal
Hi, a quick comment. On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 02:58:14PM -0500, Dan Manthey wrote: > Actually, we've already got AS_IF [...] but using that may conflict > with part of the proposal for conditional macros; don't know yet. I don't think we should expect any conflicts. We should encouradge wide us

AC_REQUIRE problems -- summary

2005-03-01 Thread Stepan Kasal
Hi, please forgive me that I reply to my own post. I'd like to post a short summary: Three possible fixes were proposed: 1) AC_DEFUN(AS_IF) 2) AC_REQUIRE could expand the macro to a section near the begining of the script. 3) In "autoconf with functions", AC_REQUIRE could expand to code