bug#13351: [IMPORTANT] Dropping support for split '.info' files in mainline Automake

2013-01-11 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Il 03/01/2013 21:53, Stefano Lattarini ha scritto: > Severity: wishlist > > [This is posted also to the automake and texinfo lists to ensure > a wider audience. Discussion should continue exclusively on the > bug-automake list, to avoid a cross-posting flood] > > Automake-generated have for a

bug#13378: [PATCH] compile: use 'compile' script when "-c -o" is used with losing compilers

2013-01-11 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 01/11/2013 07:19 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 01/10/2013 06:33 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> Reference: >> >> > >> @acindex AC_PROG_CC_C_O >> -This is like @code{AC_PROG_CC_C_O}, but it generates its results in >> -the manner required by

bug#13378: Backward-compatibility in the autotools (was: Re: [PATCH] compile: use 'compile' script when "-c -o" is used with losing compilers)

2013-01-11 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 01/11/2013 07:19 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 01/10/2013 06:33 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> Reference: >> >> > >> @acindex AC_PROG_CC_C_O >> -This is like @code{AC_PROG_CC_C_O}, but it generates its results in >> -the manner required by

bug#13378: [PATCH] compile: use 'compile' script when "-c -o" is used with losing compilers

2013-01-11 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 01/11/2013 06:56 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 01/11/2013 09:30 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >> Subject: [PATCH] compile: avoid AC_PROG_CC messy rewrite >> >> Instead, only touch up AC_PROG_CC to distribute the 'compile' script and >> to rewrite $CC if a losing compiler is detected. We can do s

bug#13378: [PATCH] compile: use 'compile' script when "-c -o" is used with losing compilers

2013-01-11 Thread Eric Blake
On 01/10/2013 06:33 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Reference: > > > @acindex AC_PROG_CC_C_O > -This is like @code{AC_PROG_CC_C_O}, but it generates its results in > -the manner required by Automake. You must use this instead of > -@code{AC

bug#13378: [PATCH] compile: use 'compile' script when "-c -o" is used with losing compilers

2013-01-11 Thread Eric Blake
On 01/11/2013 09:30 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Subject: [PATCH] compile: avoid AC_PROG_CC messy rewrite > > Instead, only touch up AC_PROG_CC to distribute the 'compile' script and > to rewrite $CC if a losing compiler is detected. We can do so because > Autoconf 2.70 (which we now requires)

bug#13378: [PATCH] compile: use 'compile' script when "-c -o" is used with losing compilers

2013-01-11 Thread Stefano Lattarini
[Summarizing the relevant points of the past discussion, somewhat] Eric Blake wrote: > > But with m4, you can arrange for AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE to redefine AC_PROG_CC > so that it hooks in a call to AM_PROG_CC_C_O immediately after its > current definition, and thus still preserve desired ordering whil