bug#12845: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks

2012-11-14 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/14/2012 07:41 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> If I understand your argument correctly, you are claiming that >> AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR should _not_ trace into AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR_TRACE, >> so that case (2) can be distinguished by automake; but that would mean >> that automake has to trace _both_

bug#12845: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks

2012-11-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 11/13/2012 11:41 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > > [SNIP] > >> (3) Packages that use more than one AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR. You argue >> that this was broken to begin with. > > Correct. > I agree. We don't want to support several calls to AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, nor calls to AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR specif

bug#12877: Autoconf, GNU m4 and POSIXLY_CORRECT

2012-11-14 Thread Eric Blake
[adding bug-m4] On 11/14/2012 04:09 AM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: >>> (GNU) m4 when being called with the variable POSIXLY_CORRECT behaves >>> differently as all GNU extensions will be suppressed. >>> >> Modern autoconf versions used with modern GNU m4 versions should pass >> the latter the '-g' op

bug#12877: Autoconf, GNU m4 and POSIXLY_CORRECT

2012-11-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 11/14/2012 12:24 PM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: > "Stefano Lattarini" writes: > > Yes, I will report this issue to the m4 guys. > 1.9a has the -g switch and is newer than 1.4 anyway. > Oh, sorry, I has misread the version number as "1.4.9a" *blush*! I agree a report to the m4 list might be a

bug#12877: Autoconf, GNU m4 and POSIXLY_CORRECT

2012-11-14 Thread Sebastian Freundt
"Stefano Lattarini" writes: > tags 12877 - moreinfo > tags 12877 notabug > close 12877 > thanks > > On 11/14/2012 12:09 PM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: >> >> "Stefano Lattarini" writes: >>> >>> On 11/14/2012 07:45 AM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: (GNU) m4 when being called with the variable

bug#12877: Autoconf, GNU m4 and POSIXLY_CORRECT

2012-11-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
tags 12877 - moreinfo tags 12877 notabug close 12877 thanks On 11/14/2012 12:09 PM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: > > "Stefano Lattarini" writes: >> >> On 11/14/2012 07:45 AM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: >>> >>> (GNU) m4 when being called with the variable POSIXLY_CORRECT behaves >>> differently as all

bug#12877: Autoconf, GNU m4 and POSIXLY_CORRECT

2012-11-14 Thread Sebastian Freundt
"Stefano Lattarini" writes: > [+cc autoconf] > > On 11/14/2012 07:45 AM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: >> Stefano Lattarini writes: >> >>> tags 12877 + moreinfo >>> thanks >>> >>> Hi Sebastian, thanks for the report. >>> >>> On 11/13/2012 11:30 AM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: shell> automake --ver

bug#12877: Autoconf, GNU m4 and POSIXLY_CORRECT (was: Re: bug#12877: automake error: unrequested trace '')

2012-11-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
[+cc autoconf] On 11/14/2012 07:45 AM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: > Stefano Lattarini writes: > >> tags 12877 + moreinfo >> thanks >> >> Hi Sebastian, thanks for the report. >> >> On 11/13/2012 11:30 AM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: >>> shell> automake --version >>> automake (GNU automake) 1.12.1 >>>