Embed newlines in AC_MSG_* output

2024-01-27 Thread Dave Hart
What is the right way to embed newlines in AC_MSG_FAIL or other AC_MSG_* macros? I have a wordy message I want to produce when bailing out of configure when a security feature was requested but can't be provided due to missing dependencies. This is for NTP, and previously the option would silentl

Re: Embed newlines in AC_MSG_* output

2024-01-27 Thread Paul Eggert
Check out m4_text_wrap.

Re: Embed newlines in AC_MSG_* output

2024-01-27 Thread Nick Bowler
Hi, On 2024-01-27 15:46, Dave Hart wrote: > What is the right way to embed newlines in AC_MSG_FAIL or other AC_MSG_* > macros? [...] > I tried: > > AC_MSG_FAILURE( > [--enable-openssl-random was used but no suitable SSL library was\ > found. Remove --enable-openssl-random if you wish to build wi