Re: fix testsuite with support for -I in libtoolize [libtool--gary--1.0--patch-61]

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hallo Ralf,

[[Cc:ing Akim, as you likely have more insight into this if a convention
               has been established already]]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 12:14:50PM CET:
> 
>>Okay to commit?
> 
> Haven't had time to test this yet (and might not for a while), but a
> quick comment:  I think `AT_*' is (or should be) reserved namespace for
> autotest,

Agreed.  I'm taking my cue from the Autotest framework Akim built into
CVS M4 early in the life of Autotest, but it seems sensible to choose
a different namespace to avoid possible clashes with future releases of
Autoconf.  This was in the days where Libtool still used AC_LIBTOOL_ for
its public macros...

> although I can't find a statement for this in Autoconf docs
> right now.  What about using s/AT_/ATX_/ or something else instead?
> The issue is not a very high-profile one, but better to be safe than
> sorry later (I can make a patch sometime later).

It is definitely orthogonal to the -I patch here since we already have
a bunch of new AT_ macros in Libtool's Autotest framework (and M4's for
that matter).

Maybe LT_ is safe, since we shouldn't be running Libtool's Autoconf
macros through the testsuite generation so a name clash is harmless.

For clarity, perhaps we should choose something that doesn't clash:
LTAT_?

Cheers,
        Gary.
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