On 11/15/2012 01:53 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 11/15/2012 05:46 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >>>> * aclocal.in ($ac_config_macro_dirs_fallback): New global variable, >>>> contains m4 code to issue a fallback definition of AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS >>>> as an alias for the private macro _AM_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS. >>> >>> Tracing a new private macro - doesn't this imply that autoconf needs to >>> add another macro to its list of preselections in order to pass the >>> autoconf testsuite when using the new automake? But don't let that stop >>> this patch. >>> >> Well spotted. But since I'm soon going to remove the private automake >> macro '_AM_EXTRA_RECURSIVE_TARGETS' as well (the indirection it provides >> is no longer needed now that aclocal automatically smashes extra >> whitespace in the arguments of the traced macros), I'd rather wait and >> make the autoconf update in a single batch. > > Is _AM_EXTRA_RECURSIVE_TARGETS ever traced in any released version of > automake? > No, that's why I wanted to remove it.
> If so, you can't remove it from the pre-selections, even if > newer automake no longer traces it. Basically, the preselections must > be the union of anything that any released autotool wants to trace. > I was aware of this. But thanks for spelling it out explicitly anyway. Thanks, Stefano
