Re: 22-fyi-lex-yytext.patch

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:

Akim> The code and the documentation aren't very clear: Is AM_PROG_LEX
Akim> a _requirement_ over AC_PROG_LEX, or just a bonus.  If it's a
Akim> requirement, then the code is too kind with the user, and makes
Akim> it work anyway, and it's just better, then the doc doesn't say
Akim> it very clearly.

In the old days we would let people do things manually or via the new
macros.  Initially even AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE wasn't required.  Perhaps
this ambiguity can be considered a historical relic.

Tom