Re: bug#12845: [PATCH] aclocal: tracing AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS can work with older autoconf as well

2012-11-15 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/15/2012 06:08 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> 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

Re: bug#12845: [PATCH] aclocal: tracing AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS can work with older autoconf as well

2012-11-15 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 11/15/2012 02:13 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 11/15/2012 06:08 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >>> Is _AM_EXTRA_RECURSIVE_TARGETS ever traced in any released version of >>> automake? >>> >> No, that's why I wanted to remove it. >> More importantly, we'll have to start pre-selecting the 'AM_EXTRA_RECU

Re: bug#12845: [PATCH] aclocal: tracing AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS can work with older autoconf as well

2012-11-15 Thread Stefano Lattarini
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_MAC

Re: bug#12845: [PATCH] aclocal: tracing AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS can work with older autoconf as well

2012-11-15 Thread Eric Blake
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 - does

Re: bug#12845: [PATCH] aclocal: tracing AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS can work with older autoconf as well

2012-11-15 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 11/15/2012 01:00 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 11/15/2012 03:58 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >>> As soon as you AC_PREREQ([2.70]), then yes, you can quit tracing >>> AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR. >>> >> The below patch should allow our users to employ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS >> with autoconf 2.69 as well. It

Re: [PATCH] aclocal: tracing AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS can work with older autoconf as well

2012-11-15 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/15/2012 03:58 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> As soon as you AC_PREREQ([2.70]), then yes, you can quit tracing >> AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR. >> > The below patch should allow our users to employ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS > with autoconf 2.69 as well. It still doesn't work with autoconf 2.68 > and earli

[PATCH] aclocal: AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: work around autom4te option parsing bugs (was: Re: bug#12845: [PATCH] aclocal: tracing AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS can work with older autoconf as well)

2012-11-15 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 11/15/2012 11:58 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > The below patch should allow our users to employ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS > with autoconf 2.69 as well. It still doesn't work with autoconf 2.68 > and earlier though, due to a bug in autom4te option parsing (fixed by > autoconf commit v2.68-120-gf4b

[PATCH] aclocal: tracing AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS can work with older autoconf as well (was: Re: bug#12845: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks)

2012-11-15 Thread Stefano Lattarini
lback'; but I rather do so in a separate patch, with a dedicated rationale. So, OK to go? Regards, Stefano 8< 8< 8< 8< 8< 8< 8< 8< ---- 8< ---- >From a966b8bde5fe8bb4927ade875d80e057b4d3fa2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Message-Id: