Re: FYI: six-tests-need-autoconf.patch

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

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

[...]

 >> Personally, I'd prefer that Automake's configure abort if
 >> Autoconf is not found.  (This will probably be important
 >> when Automake switches to --traces)

 Akim> Right.  Please, do that if you prefer.

Ok, I will.

 >> Index: ChangeLog
 >> from  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <address@hidden>
 >> 
 >> * tests/confsub.test, tests/depdist.test, tests/extra5.test,
 >> tests/nobase.test, tests/stamph2.test,
 >> tests/subdirbuiltsources.test: Require Autoconf.

 Akim> Again, I would prefer to have the general $required
 Akim> mechanism replace the various $needs_*.

The `$required' stuff still needs some work before it can
replace the $needs_* variables.

Setting `required=autoconf' is a bug because this will check for
`autoconf' indepenently of the user setting of $AUTOCONF.
Setting `required=$AUTOCONF' does not work either because the
default value for $AUTOCONF is set later.

Anyway, if we test for Autoconf in configure.ac, then we can
remove all $needs_autoconf from the test-suite.  That's even
cleaner.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz