On 07/13/2012 04:29 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Hello autoconfers. >
>>> My plan for autoconf is to implement AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, which can be >>> invoked multiple times and also takes a whitespace-separated list in a >>> single call, but which will basically then call AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR once >>> per unique entry (that is, AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS will be smart enough to >>> filter out duplicates). >>> >> And also to normalize whitespace messes in usages like this, I guess: >> >> AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([foo bar \ >> baz >> ]) >> >>> Tracing code should then trace _just_ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, which will be >>> called once per directory, and where the first call is the preferred >>> dumping ground for new macros. There shouldn't be a need to trace >>> AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS. >>> >> I like this design. It will allow the "tracers" like aclocal and libtool >> to be dumber in their implementation, and makes it easier to have a more >> consistent behaviour among them. >> >> So +1 from me. >> >> I'll keep my automake patches on hold until you have gone ahead with your >> plan, to avoid introducing inconsistencies and messing up the already >> suboptimal automake history even more. >> >> Thanks for your continuous and outstanding work, >> Stefano >> > Any progress on this? Not this week, unfortunately; but I'll advance it to the front of my todo queue next week given your desire to use it. -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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