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Re: 21-use-ac-libsources.patch
- To: tromey at redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: 21-use-ac-libsources.patch
- From: Akim Demaille <akim at epita dot fr>
- Date: 04 Feb 2001 20:16:21 +0100
- Cc: Automake <automake at gnu dot org>
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Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:
> >>>>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> writes:
>
> Akim> * m4/regex.m4: Use AC_LIBSOURCES.
> Akim> * automake.in (scan_autoconf_traces): Trace AC_LIBSOURCE, not
> Akim> _AC_LIBOBJ_DECL.
>
> Ok.
>
> My reading is that the change to regex.m4 doesn't require the new
> autoconf but will use it if present. Is that right?
That's correct. There are plenty of ifdef we will be able to remove
once Automake require 2.50.
> +# FIXME: This macro seems quite obsolete now since rx doesn't seem to
> Akim> +# be maintained, while regex is.
>
> I agree -- as far as I know this really is obsolete. We should mark
> it as such, and document that in the manual.
I agree with a patch Pavel once sent: it is none of automake's
busyness to deal with obsoleted macros, but current Automake cannot
use Autoconf's obsoleting macros. So next time, using only AU_DEFUN,
there is yet code to remove from automake.