avoiding obsolete macros like AC_TRY_RUN [Re: gnulib-izing sharutils

2009-08-31 Thread Jim Meyering
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Bruno Haible wrote on Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 11:30:53PM CEST: >> > configure.ac:21: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_RUN' is obsolete. >> >> You can ignore these warnings. AC_TRY_RUN and AC_TRY_LINK cannot go away >> because hundreds of autoconf macros use them. > > I'd venture t

Re: gnulib-izing sharutils

2009-08-31 Thread Bruce Korb
Bruno Haible wrote: > Ah, I see. The version that matters is the one of the GNU gettext macros that > will be used. ...will be used *at program build time*. > Therefore `gettext --version` is irrelevant; what matters is > what 'aclocal' will fetch later. How would you like the notice to be > formul

Re: gnulib-izing sharutils

2009-08-30 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Bruno, * Bruno Haible wrote on Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 11:30:53PM CEST: > > configure.ac:21: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_RUN' is obsolete. > > You can ignore these warnings. AC_TRY_RUN and AC_TRY_LINK cannot go away > because hundreds of autoconf macros use them. I'd venture to guess that if g

Re: gnulib-izing sharutils

2009-08-30 Thread Bruno Haible
> >>> Notice from module error: > >>> If you are using GNU gettext version 0.16.1 or older, add the following > >>> options > >>> to XGETTEXT_OPTIONS in your po/Makevars: > >>> --flag=error:3:c-format --flag=error_at_line:5:c-format > > > > It cannot be easily suppressed, because gnulib-t

Re: gnulib-izing sharutils

2009-08-30 Thread Bruce Korb
Hi Bruno, Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi Bruce, > >> gnulib-izing sharutils > > You are welcome to send a one-line patch to gnulib/users.txt! Sure. Be happy to. First, though, I think I need to get sharutils working >>> Notice from module error: >>>

Re: gnulib-izing sharutils

2009-08-30 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Bruce, > gnulib-izing sharutils You are welcome to send a one-line patch to gnulib/users.txt! You are also welcome to help improving the gnulib documentation. > I guess the following message is > innocuous, but since I've got gettext version 0.17, couldn't this > messa

gnulib-izing sharutils

2009-08-30 Thread Bruce Korb
Hi, The autoconf stuff has atrophied to the point where I now have to do Real Work to get it to build. I guess the following message is innocuous, but since I've got gettext version 0.17, couldn't this message get suppressed? Or, is it intended that everyone should always put these things in th