[ On Tuesday, September 12, 2000 at 14:12:42 (-0600), Richard Stallman wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: HTML format documentation
>
> It is an incompatible change in the spec, and that is very bad.
There are ways to fix what might be called ``design flaws'' without
causing permanent headaches for everyone
On Sep 14, 2000, Rüdiger Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * acgeneral.m4(_AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS): check for configure.gnu as well.
> * (_AC_INIT_HELP): check for configure.gnu as well.
> * (NEWS): Note checking for configure.gnu.
> * (doc/autoconf.texi): Document checking
The GNU coding standards explicitly specifies the possible configure
options. Whatever names we choose for new options, they will have to
be given in the coding standards. They will not be exceptions, they
will be defined options.
I agree, and this is why I proposed to move the foodir into
[ On Friday, September 15, 2000 at 16:29:04 (-0600), Richard Stallman wrote: ]
> Subject: [Autoconf] Re: HTML format documentation
>
> The GNU coding standards explicitly specifies the possible configure
> options. Whatever names we choose for new options, they will have to
> be given in the codi
Hello!
Autoupdate doesn't work properly for me. For example, AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
is replaced with a long definition instead of just AC_CANONICAL_TARGET as
it's supposed to be.
CVS Autoconf, RedHat Linux/i386 6.2, m4-1.4, bash 1.14.7.
If I run "autoupdate --debug" then I find that au.m4 is fille
