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Re: AX_WITH_PERL considered pointless
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Reuben Thomas |
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Re: AX_WITH_PERL considered pointless |
Date: |
Sun, 3 Oct 2010 20:25:49 +0100 |
On 24 September 2010 21:52, Peter Simons <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Reuben,
>
> > I would be happy to do the necessary work to obsolete them.
It seems no work needs doing.
> | 10.5 Obsoleting Macros
> | ======================
> |
> | Configuration and portability technology has evolved over the years.
> | Often better ways of solving a particular problem are developed, or
> | ad-hoc approaches are systematized. This process has occurred in many
> | parts of Autoconf. One result is that some of the macros are now
> | considered "obsolete"; they still work, but are no longer considered
> | the best thing to do, hence they should be replaced with more modern
> | macros. Ideally, `autoupdate' should replace the old macro calls with
> | their modern implementation.
> |
> | Autoconf provides a simple means to obsolete a macro.
> |
> | -- Macro: AU_DEFUN (OLD-MACRO, IMPLEMENTATION, [MESSAGE])
This was already done in January 2008.
So, unless I've misunderstood something, these macros can now be
removed, as it's nearly three years later. Please confirm, and I'll
remove them.
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