Re: autoreconf and m4_pattern_allow

2006-02-10 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Robert, * Robert Lowe wrote on Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 05:36:23AM CET: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > >Well, m4 macros have no way to guard against overwriting or anything. > >So the only way to have "namespaces" (note the quotes) is to use some > >sort of simple criterion for where the macro come

Re: autoreconf and m4_pattern_allow

2006-02-09 Thread Robert Lowe
Noah Misch wrote: On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:47:37PM -0600, Robert Lowe wrote: Hi, Until today I had never tried autoreconf. I have always used a simple shell script like: The script runs just fine, but autoreconf complained about my use of AC_CREATE_STDINT_H, insisting that I use m4_pa

Re: autoreconf and m4_pattern_allow

2006-02-09 Thread Robert Lowe
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Hi Ralf, The script runs just fine, but autoreconf complained about my use of AC_CREATE_STDINT_H, insisting that I use m4_pattern_allow, which I did, and the problem vanished. But, would anyone explain what happened and why? Does it perhaps have anything to do with th

Re: autoreconf and m4_pattern_allow

2006-02-09 Thread Noah Misch
On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:47:37PM -0600, Robert Lowe wrote: > Hi, > > Until today I had never tried autoreconf. I have always used a simple > shell script like: > The script runs just fine, but autoreconf complained about my use of > AC_CREATE_STDINT_H, insisting that I use m4_pattern_allow,

Re: autoreconf and m4_pattern_allow

2006-02-08 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Robert, * Robert Lowe wrote on Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 06:47:37AM CET: > > Until today I had never tried autoreconf. I have always used a simple > shell script like: *snip* > The script runs just fine, but autoreconf complained about my use of > AC_CREATE_STDINT_H, insisting that I use m4_patter

autoreconf and m4_pattern_allow

2006-02-08 Thread Robert Lowe
Hi, Until today I had never tried autoreconf. I have always used a simple shell script like: #!/bin/sh rm -f config.cache rm -f acconfig.h echo "- aclocal..." aclocal -I m4 echo "- autoconf..." autoconf echo "- autoheader..." autoheader echo "- automake..." #automake -a -v automake -a echo