Patch for improvement of AC_CHECK_TOOL

I sent, to [EMAIL PROTECTED], a patch for improving AC_CHECK_TOOL and introducing AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL. Whee, as the saying goes. I'd appreciate quick feedback on what changes (if any) would be necessary to get it into mainline autoconf. (I'm also sending this message because I'm suspicious th

Expanding 'history' section of manual...

After Deuteronomy, comes... Joshua. OK, maybe that's inappropriate, given that nobody named Joshua has ever worked on autoconf. After that comes... Judges. That's pretty good, eh? Even appropriate. --Nathanael

Mailing list archive status? (was Re: Patch for improvement ofAC_CHECK_TOOL)

Paul Eggert wrote: Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: (I'm also sending this message because I'm suspicious that something is eating my messages to autoconf-patches) You can check that sort of thing at: http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/ ..

Re: [PATCH] Improve AC_CHECK_TOOL, introduce AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL(v. 4)

Ping! I've been paperwork-complete for quite a while. Please take a look at my patch from January: http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2003-01/msg00014.html For notes on the patch, and ChangeLog entry, see http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2003-01/msg00012.html Alter

Re: [committed] Disable shared cache file more.

hould eventually be dealt with at its source (the configure scripts), of course. -- Nathanael Nerode http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html

Re: [committed] Disable shared cache file more.

Alexandre Oliva wrote: On Jan 5, 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nathanael Nerode) wrote: I'm disabling the shared cache file for the obvious reason; different subdirectories want to cache different, inconsistent values for the same variables. You'd better document extensively such inconsiste