The command

  ./gnulib-tool --create-testdir --dir=../testdir --with-c++-tests 
--without-privileged-tests --single-configure supersede

produces this warning:

  executing autoconf
  configure.ac:952: warning: AC_REQUIRE: `gl_DOUBLE_EXPONENT_LOCATION' was 
expanded before it was required
  configure.ac:952: 
https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html#Expanded-Before-Required
  glm4/vasnprintf.m4:15: gl_REPLACE_VASNPRINTF is expanded from...
  glm4/vasnprintf.m4:7: gl_FUNC_VASNPRINTF is expanded from...
  configure.ac:38: gl_INIT is expanded from...
  configure.ac:952: the top level

This patch fixes it.


2023-04-08  Bruno Haible  <br...@clisp.org>

        Avoid Autoconf "was expanded before it was required" warning.
        * m4/exponentf.m4 (gl_FLOAT_EXPONENT_LOCATION): Define through
        AC_DEFUN_ONCE.
        * m4/exponentd.m4 (gl_DOUBLE_EXPONENT_LOCATION): Likewise.
        * m4/exponentl.m4 (gl_LONG_DOUBLE_EXPONENT_LOCATION): Likewise.

diff --git a/m4/exponentd.m4 b/m4/exponentd.m4
index 2ef46437de..163114b89e 100644
--- a/m4/exponentd.m4
+++ b/m4/exponentd.m4
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# exponentd.m4 serial 3
+# exponentd.m4 serial 4
 dnl Copyright (C) 2007-2008, 2010-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
-AC_DEFUN([gl_DOUBLE_EXPONENT_LOCATION],
+AC_DEFUN_ONCE([gl_DOUBLE_EXPONENT_LOCATION],
 [
   AC_CACHE_CHECK([where to find the exponent in a 'double'],
     [gl_cv_cc_double_expbit0],
diff --git a/m4/exponentf.m4 b/m4/exponentf.m4
index f6395f23f2..e761883939 100644
--- a/m4/exponentf.m4
+++ b/m4/exponentf.m4
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# exponentf.m4 serial 2
+# exponentf.m4 serial 3
 dnl Copyright (C) 2007-2008, 2010-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
-AC_DEFUN([gl_FLOAT_EXPONENT_LOCATION],
+AC_DEFUN_ONCE([gl_FLOAT_EXPONENT_LOCATION],
 [
   AC_CACHE_CHECK([where to find the exponent in a 'float'],
     [gl_cv_cc_float_expbit0],
diff --git a/m4/exponentl.m4 b/m4/exponentl.m4
index e1fa5c48cc..bc5638737e 100644
--- a/m4/exponentl.m4
+++ b/m4/exponentl.m4
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# exponentl.m4 serial 5
+# exponentl.m4 serial 6
 dnl Copyright (C) 2007-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
-AC_DEFUN([gl_LONG_DOUBLE_EXPONENT_LOCATION],
+AC_DEFUN_ONCE([gl_LONG_DOUBLE_EXPONENT_LOCATION],
 [
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_BIGENDIAN])
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles




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