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Re: Autoconf 2.53 is released
- From: Bruce Korb <bkorb at pacbell dot net>
- To: Akim Demaille <akim at epita dot fr>
- Cc: GNU Utils Bugs <bug-gnu-utils at gnu dot org>,GNU Announcements List <info-gnu at gnu dot org>, Autoconf List <autoconf at gnu dot org>,Automake List <automake at gnu dot org>, Libtool List <libtool at gnu dot org>
- Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 17:57:52 -0800
- Subject: Re: Autoconf 2.53 is released
- Organization: Home
- References: <mv43czb9brj.fsf@nostromo.lrde.epita.fr>
Akim Demaille wrote:
>
> The Autoconf team is extremely pleased to announce Autoconf 2.53. We
> hope it will address your problems, and make your life easier.
> - Double quoting macros
> AC_TRY_CPP, AC_TRY_COMPILE, AC_TRY_LINK and AC_TRY_RUN.
FYI: this will teach me for upgrading without thorough testing.
I double quoted the program arguments like you said I should,
only to find that when I upgraded I was overquoted and it trashed
*my* release. In the future, I cannot recommend strongly enough
that when you change interfaces like this, CHANGE THE NAME, TOO!