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Re: Handling of extra macros
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Ross Boylan |
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Re: Handling of extra macros |
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Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:03:15 -0800 |
On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 23:55 +0000, Patrick Welche wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 09:38:31PM +0100, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> > >>> "RB" == Ross Boylan <address@hidden> writes:
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> > RB> 5. The autoconf manual has no index entry for aclocal. There is one
> > for
> > RB> aclocal.m4, and the text refers to aclocal. Is aclocal deprecated?
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> > aclocal is part of Automake, not autoconf. The Automake manual
> > documents aclocal and explains how to handle local macros properly.
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> Isn't the long term goal "aclocal must be subsumed into autoconf"? What is
> preventing this from happening sooner rather than later?
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Some of the posts I reviewed suggested that the long-term goal was
"aclocal must die."