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Re: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks
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Adrian Bunk |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks |
Date: |
Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:25 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 04:37:03PM -0500, Nick Bowler wrote:
> On 2012-11-13 22:37 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 02:44:08PM -0500, Nick Bowler wrote:
> > > On 2012-11-13 20:51 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > > libtool will access the same information through a new way that has
> > > > been
> > > > implemented by this patch.
> > >
> > > But the old way will have to stick around for compatibility with older
> > > packages that have not been updated to the New Way. So since we have to
> > > keep the old way around anyway, why not just continue to use the old way
> > > for old packages?
> > >...
> >
> > Wrong.
> >
> > libtool does not have to support the old way of manually searching for
> > AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR in the future, if it requires autoconf >= 2.70 it
> > can use the new way of tracing AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR_TRACE exclusively
> > even for old packages.
>
> No, it cannot use AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR_TRACE exclusively, since not all
> packages use AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR in the first place!
Packages that currently use ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS without also setting
AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR are the problem you have in mind?
> Cheers,
cu
Adrian
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- Re: bug#12845: [PATCH] aclocal: tracing AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS can work with older autoconf as well, (continued)
- Re: bug#12845: [PATCH] aclocal: tracing AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS can work with older autoconf as well, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/11/15
- Re: bug#12845: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks, Nick Bowler, 2012/11/14
- Re: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks, Adrian Bunk, 2012/11/13
- Re: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks, Eric Blake, 2012/11/13
- Re: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks, Nick Bowler, 2012/11/13
- Re: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks, Eric Blake, 2012/11/13
- Re: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks, Nick Bowler, 2012/11/13
- Re: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks, Eric Blake, 2012/11/13
- Re: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/11/14
- Re: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/11/14
- Re: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks,
Adrian Bunk <=
- Re: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks, Eric Blake, 2012/11/13