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Re: 0.11.5: gettextize with external
- From: Bruno Haible <bruno at clisp dot org>
- To: Akim Demaille <akim at epita dot fr>
- Cc: Gettext Bugs <bug-gnu-gettext at gnu dot org>, Automake List <automake at gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 17:49:30 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: 0.11.5: gettextize with external
- References: <mv4ptvu57a3.fsf@nostromo.lrde.epita.fr><15734.3558.172448.655942@honolulu.ilog.fr><mv48z2h6bu1.fsf@nostromo.lrde.epita.fr>
Akim Demaille writes:
> | > Running gettextize on a project that is not including intl/ still
> | > copies and installs m4 files that are not needed.
> |
> | It is correct. If gettextize did not copy these files, the subsequent
> | 'aclocal' invocation would fail. I consider this a bug in the
> | 'aclocal' program version 1.5.
>
> Do you have any evidence of this ``bug''?
aclocal doesn't know which macros are really needed, it looks which macros
are potentially needed.
In other words, if configure.in invokes a macro A which is in file AB.m4,
and this file also contains the definition of a macro B which relies
on a macro C, found in C.m4, then 'aclocal' will fail if you provide
only AB.m4 but not C.m4.
Bruno