[sr #110363] Requiring AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE to be in a macro contradicts Automake documentation

URL: Summary: Requiring AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE to be in a macro contradicts Automake documentation Project: Autoconf Submitted by: None Submitted on: Thu 05 Nov 2020 01:32:48 PM UTC

Re: AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE regression in 2.69d

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Jani Välimaa wrote: > AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE(file) fails since > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/autoconf.git/commit/?id=4c59bf27d7083088290219450c81d999431b43f1 > > configure.ac:18: error: AC_REQUIRE(_AC_INIT_AUX_DIR): cannot be used > outside of an AC_DEFUN'd macro >

[sr #110363] Requiring AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE to be in a macro contradicts Automake documentation

Update of sr #110363 (project autoconf): Status:None => Done Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Follow-up Comment #1: Yes, this is suppo

[sr #110362] STRERROR_R_CHAR_P broken by 326c9a547423d25c621bc5c0ef76edbf6eda8c92

Update of sr #110362 (project autoconf): Status:None => Done Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Follow-up Comment #1: Fixed in c8b3f6987

[sr #110361] build-aux files should not get a program-suffix when being installed

Update of sr #110361 (project autoconf): Status:None => Done Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Reply to this item at:

[sr #110361] build-aux files should not get a program-suffix when being installed

Follow-up Comment #1, sr #110361 (project autoconf): Fixed in 0f7e5a5477f97b8a105d563bc7590ebefaff854d. ___ Reply to this item at: ___ Message sent

[sr #110364] obsolete agony

URL: Summary: obsolete agony Project: Autoconf Submitted by: karl Submitted on: Thu 05 Nov 2020 09:31:47 AM PST Category: None Priority: 5 - Normal

[sr #110364] obsolete agony

Follow-up Comment #1, sr #110364 (project autoconf): First, thank you for trying a build of TeX Live with the new autoconf. I'm pleased to hear that this was the only problem you encountered. I *could* turn off -Wobsolete warnings by default, but I'm very reluctant to do so. Most of these macro

[sr #110364] obsolete agony

Follow-up Comment #2, sr #110364 (project autoconf): I lean towards agreeing with Zack, in that the warnings are typically more helpful than harmful and should be on by default. If it helps, I can volunteer to patch texlive to pacify the new Autoconf. The patches should all be simple. __

[sr #110364] obsolete agony

Follow-up Comment #3, sr #110364 (project autoconf): Well, of course it's not up to me, but I have to argue further. Sorry. It just feels like inflicting a lot of pain on maintainers for the sake of abstract cleanliness. Precisely because these macros have worked fine for so many years, it seems g