RE: Announcing Autoconf 2.49d

2001-03-20 Thread Tim Van Holder
> This is confusing... > > According to my test --help... > > -f FILE FILE exists and is a regular file > > I don't see why '-f' should search for an executable... DJGPP's bash can have test -f find an executable simply because many Unixy scripts (including autoconf's configure) use -f t

Re: Announcing Autoconf 2.49d

2001-03-20 Thread John Poltorak
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 06:57:21PM +0100, Tim Van Holder wrote: > > > > > John> I am using OS/2 which uses DOS paths and seperators, and drive > > > John> letters. Should I expect the path to be searched for sundry > > > John> support files? > > > > > > Support for DOS and OS/2 is not yet compl

RE: Announcing Autoconf 2.49d

2001-03-20 Thread Tim Van Holder
> > > John> I am using OS/2 which uses DOS paths and seperators, and drive > > John> letters. Should I expect the path to be searched for sundry > > John> support files? > > > > Support for DOS and OS/2 is not yet complete. > > Couldn't any support for OS/2 fall in line with Win32 support? > T

Re: Announcing Autoconf 2.49d

2001-03-20 Thread John Poltorak
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 11:05:44AM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote: > > | On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 10:22:35AM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote: > | > > "John" == John Poltorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > > | > John> This sounds more promising than the last time I tried... But I > | > John> notice

Re: Announcing Autoconf 2.49d

2001-03-20 Thread Akim Demaille
| On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 10:22:35AM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote: | > > "John" == John Poltorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > | > John> This sounds more promising than the last time I tried... But I | > John> noticed it didn't find INSTALL, PERL or much else on the path. | > | > John> I a

Re: Announcing Autoconf 2.49d

2001-03-20 Thread John Poltorak
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 10:22:35AM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote: > > "John" == John Poltorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > John> This sounds more promising than the last time I tried... But I > John> noticed it didn't find INSTALL, PERL or much else on the path. > > John> I am using OS/2 wh

Re: Announcing Autoconf 2.49d

2001-03-20 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Thomas" == Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Thomas> When I generate the Makefile.in's using automake 1.4, there Thomas> are a number of syntax errors (which also appeared in the Thomas> 2.49c and I recall being reported). I don't remember. Thomas> I don't see anything in the p

Re: Announcing Autoconf 2.49d

2001-03-20 Thread Akim Demaille
> "John" == John Poltorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> This sounds more promising than the last time I tried... But I John> noticed it didn't find INSTALL, PERL or much else on the path. John> I am using OS/2 which uses DOS paths and seperators, and drive John> letters. Should I expec

Re: Announcing Autoconf 2.49d

2001-03-19 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 05:01:32PM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote: > The following message is a courtesy copy of an article > that has been posted to gnu.utils.bug as well. > > > The Autoconf team is extremely proud (and quite relieved) to announce > the birth of Autoconf 2.49d, our release candidat

Re: Announcing Autoconf 2.49d

2001-03-19 Thread John Poltorak
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 05:01:32PM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote: > The following message is a courtesy copy of an article > that has been posted to gnu.utils.bug as well. > > > The Autoconf team is extremely proud (and quite relieved) to announce > the birth of Autoconf 2.49d, our release candidat

Announcing Autoconf 2.49d

2001-03-19 Thread Akim Demaille
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to gnu.utils.bug as well. The Autoconf team is extremely proud (and quite relieved) to announce the birth of Autoconf 2.49d, our release candidate. The core Autoconf is not expected to change before the release, while t