Re: Patch: gcc-3.0.4 workaround for AS_SPARC64_FLAG/autoconf-2.53

2002-04-08 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Adam" == Adam J Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> autoconf-2.53 does not allow AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED variables that Adam> begin with "AS_", reserving that part of the name space for Adam> autoconf m4sugar macros. I think autoconf should allow this and Adam> just issue a warning, bu

Re: Patch: gcc-3.0.4 workaround for AS_SPARC64_FLAG/autoconf-2.53

2002-04-08 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Dan" == Dan Kegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dan> Also, I'm pretty sure I've seen projects using macros that start Dan> with AC_ (orbit has one, I think). Maybe they do this for macros Dan> they want to propose for inclusion in autoconf. Will autoconf Dan> choke on these, too? No it w

Re: Patch: gcc-3.0.4 workaround for AS_SPARC64_FLAG/autoconf-2.53

2002-04-08 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Thomas" == Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Thomas> sure there is - if they happen to have the same name as one of Thomas> autoconf's macros, the attempt at redefinition will be Thomas> ignored. Of course not. Thomas> (caveat - I'm recalling this from 2.13 - haven't felt the nee

Patch to autoconf-2.53: Mention m4_pattern allow in "possibly undefined macro" error message

2002-04-08 Thread Adam J. Richter
Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Or tell Autoconf that this token is valid. > >m4_patten_allow([^AS_SPARC64_FLAG$]) > >See the documentation. Developers use autoconf to save their valuable time, so please apply the following patch that mentions m4_pattern_allow in the message tha

Re: m4 quoting change? (2.52->2.53)

2002-04-08 Thread Akim Demaille
| Running autoheader for a second time does not generate these | warnings--is this autom4te? Yes. This is the remainder of a discussion that never really ended. autom4te is here to cache, so it looses some side effects, such as warnings. We could fight to have them cached too, but I don't know

Re: Patch: gcc-3.0.4 workaround for AS_SPARC64_FLAG/autoconf-2.53

2002-04-08 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Adam" == Adam J Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> Dan Kegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Also, I'm pretty sure I've seen projects using macros that start >> with AC_ (orbit has one, I think). Adam> That should not be a problem. Autoconf only aborts this way Adam> if it thinks

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Re: Bad configure scripts generated with Autoconf 2.52 and 2.53

2002-04-08 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Patrick" == Patrick Hartling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Patrick> So I can't have a configure.in that works with 2.13 and 2.5x? Sure you can.

Re: Patch: gcc-3.0.4 workaround for AS_SPARC64_FLAG/autoconf-2.53

2002-04-08 Thread Thomas E. Dickey
On 8 Apr 2002, Akim Demaille wrote: > > "Thomas" == Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thomas> sure there is - if they happen to have the same name as one of > Thomas> autoconf's macros, the attempt at redefinition will be > Thomas> ignored. > > Of course not. > > Thomas> (caveat -

Re: Patch: gcc-3.0.4 workaround for AS_SPARC64_FLAG/autoconf-2.53

2002-04-08 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Thomas" == Thomas E Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Thomas> to reopen the wound since 2.5x adds salt). >> 2.13 died on it. That's very different. Thomas> no - 2.13 ignored it (I noticed this when I was making the Thomas> macro for the prereq). Actually, YMMV. It depdends how `lucky'

Re: Bad configure scripts generated with Autoconf 2.52 and 2.53

2002-04-08 Thread akim
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 08:58:13AM -0400, Thomas E. Dickey wrote: > On 8 Apr 2002, Akim Demaille wrote: > > > > "Patrick" == Patrick Hartling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Patrick> So I can't have a configure.in that works with 2.13 and 2.5x? > > > > Sure you can. > > it's just that yo

Re: Bad configure scripts generated with Autoconf 2.52 and 2.53

2002-04-08 Thread Thomas E. Dickey
On 8 Apr 2002, Akim Demaille wrote: > > "Patrick" == Patrick Hartling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Patrick> So I can't have a configure.in that works with 2.13 and 2.5x? > > Sure you can. it's just that you cannot count on that happening without some effort. -- T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Patch: gcc-3.0.4 workaround for AS_SPARC64_FLAG/autoconf-2.53

2002-04-08 Thread Thomas E. Dickey
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 08:44:44AM -0400, Thomas E. Dickey wrote: > > On 8 Apr 2002, Akim Demaille wrote: > > > > > Actually, YMMV. It depdends how `lucky' you were. Given that the > > > name of the macro to be defined was not quoted, the macro was

Not using C-compiler lib

2002-04-08 Thread Arne Jonsson
Hello! I'm trying once more with this question (just rephrasing it). Is it possible to have the ac tool to check against another lib than the gcc lib when configuring an application. As I've written before I have a problem with net-snmp which checks for include-files and functions against the com

Re: Patch to autoconf-2.53: Mention m4_pattern allow in "possibly undefined macro" error message

2002-04-08 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Adam" == Adam J Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> Developers use autoconf to save their valuable time, so please Adam> apply the following patch that mentions m4_pattern_allow in the Adam> message that autoconf prints out. In general, I think you will Adam> find that it will sav

Re: Patch: gcc-3.0.4 workaround for AS_SPARC64_FLAG/autoconf-2.53

2002-04-08 Thread akim
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 08:44:44AM -0400, Thomas E. Dickey wrote: > On 8 Apr 2002, Akim Demaille wrote: > > > Actually, YMMV. It depdends how `lucky' you were. Given that the > > name of the macro to be defined was not quoted, the macro was > > expanded. In typical cases, it gave more argument

Re: Patch: gcc-3.0.4 workaround for AS_SPARC64_FLAG/autoconf-2.53

2002-04-08 Thread Thomas E. Dickey
On 8 Apr 2002, Akim Demaille wrote: > Actually, YMMV. It depdends how `lucky' you were. Given that the > name of the macro to be defined was not quoted, the macro was > expanded. In typical cases, it gave more argument to define than 2, > hence an error. not really (I generally quote the argu

Re: m4 quoting change? (2.52->2.53)

2002-04-08 Thread Roger Leigh
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 11:08:28AM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote: > > | Running autoheader for a second time does not generate these > | warnings--is this autom4te? > > Yes. This is the remainder of a discussion that never really ended. > autom4te is here to cache, so it looses some side effects,

Re: portable tests for symlinks (was patch for autoconf manual)

2002-04-08 Thread Martin Pool
On 14 Mar 2002, Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would you contribute the text itself? TIA! Yes, I'd be happy to help. I can't promise that the solution outlined below works everywhere, but it has been tested on a number of unix-like platforms and seems to be OK. I suppose at least m

Re: m4 quoting change? (2.52->2.53)

2002-04-08 Thread Paul Eggert
> From: Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 21:30:57 +0100 > > If I write a macro that I want to work with several autoconf versions, > is there any way I can special-case what to do when run with a specific > version. This is almost surely the wrong way to go. The whole poi