Re: gnulib update broke clisp

[Bruno Haible]

Sam Steingold wrote:
> so you are saying that I cannot call AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR($1) in
> CL_MODULE_COMMON_CHECKS because other things required there must run
> after it.

Yes.

> why can't I do
> AC_REQUIRE([AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR($1)])
> ??

Because of the way AC_REQUIRE is documented:
  
<http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Prerequisite-Macros.html>

Really, AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR is one of the few macros which must be called from
the top of configure.ac, explicitly.

Bruno