Re: AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On 23 Jan 2002, Tom Tromey wrote:

> >>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Seefeld <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Stefan> PS: Another thing which I find highly confusing is that aclocal
> Stefan> is shipped with automake, not autoconf.
> Stefan> I'm using autoconf, not automake, and I have a whole lot of
> Stefan> macros such that I use aclocal to extract the used ones from a
> Stefan> macro repository. What does this have to do with automake ?
>
> We had to invent aclocal for use with automake.  I think automake was
> the first source of a collection of macros outside autoconf.  In any
> case, at the time aclocal was invented, autoconf was unmaintained.

it was "unmaintained" for a shorter time than it's taken for autoconf 2.5x
to get to a stable release, btw.  (keep things in perspective).

> In other words, it is a historical artifact.

Nope - it modifies the design of autoconf by appropriating a new use for
the aclocal.m4

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