Re: nested [] with whitespace in misc description leads to _m4_text_wrap_word errors

2009-10-28 Thread Eric Blake
Eric Blake byu.net> writes: > > $ cat configure.ac > > AC_INIT > > AC_ARG_VAR(VAR, [[cow moo] desc]) > > AC_OUTPUT > > > > $ autoconf > > configure:1210: error: possibly undefined macro: _m4_text_wrap_word > > Thanks for the report. The regression came at commit b07a2b3d, when I > swapped to a

Re: nested [] with whitespace in misc description leads to _m4_text_wrap_word errors

2009-10-27 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Mike Frysinger on 10/18/2009 1:17 AM: > some packages like to use [] in their desc and rather than use quadrigraphs, > > $ cat configure.ac > AC_INIT > AC_ARG_VAR(VAR, [[cow moo] desc]) > AC_OUTPUT > > $ autoconf > configure:1210: error

nested [] with whitespace in misc description leads to _m4_text_wrap_word errors

2009-10-18 Thread Mike Frysinger
some packages like to use [] in their desc and rather than use quadrigraphs, they throw more [] at the problem. for example: AC_ARG_ENABLE(exa, AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-exa], [Disable EXA support [[default enabled]]]), [EXA="$enableval"], [EXA=yes]) or this: AC_ARG_VAR(PERLLD, [[same as PERLC