Re: [PATCHES] Better error messages if obsolete macros are used

[Paolo Bonzini]

Il 31/12/2012 11:32, Stefano Lattarini ha scritto:
> It is indeed possible that the real reason that pushed me to remove
> AM_CONFIG_HEADER was the fact that I got caught in a "cleanup frenzy"
> when I was removing other (real) cruft.  You are starting to partly
> convince me of that.

These patches are at least a little better, so I'll just let your
subconscious finish the task of convincing you.  (Also because almost
nobody is using autoupdate anymore I believe, so a first step using
AU_DEFUN would not provide much benefit).

> That said, I still believe that old cruft, even if completely harmless
> as in this case, should be removed eventually (and that macro has been
> cruft for almost 10 yars now).  The real issue with the removal is that
> it is has been too abrupt, with no transition from doc deprecation to
> runtime warnings to error message to complete removal (despite the fact
> we had all the time to implement this transition, and not doing so has
> been 100% my fault).  These patches tries to remedy this situation.

Yeah, I agree entirely here.

Paolo