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Re: Getting srcdir in script executed using m4_esyscmd in AC_INIT
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Zack Weinberg |
Subject: |
Re: Getting srcdir in script executed using m4_esyscmd in AC_INIT |
Date: |
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 21:51:20 -0500 |
On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 9:08 PM Bob Friesenhahn
<bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:
> I am pretty close to done with updating GraphicsMagick to use the
> recommended Autoconf and Automake initialization syntax. Thanks again
> for your help.
>
> Something which surprises me is that the distribution tarballs became
> noticeably larger.
This is expected. The bulk of the increase is probably due to the test
programs used to probe for C and/or C++ 2011 support in the compilers.
There were also some fixes for compatibility problems that involved
emitting more code throughout the script. I can explain the
rationale for any piece of the diff between the old and new configure
scripts that you're curious about.
zw