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Re: aclocal 1.8 no longer loads overridden macros
Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@src.lip6.fr> writes:
> I think we can't do anything about this in aclocal, apart from
> documenting this new incompatibility. Since we are obviously
> relying on --trace more and more, maybe we should prohibit all
> macros that can affect the trace attribute.
I agree.
> Is undefine() the sole such macro, or are there others?
traceoff(), obviously, but otherwise those two seem to be the only ones.
> Are there cases where undefine() is needed? It seems
> superfluous in m4/search-libs.m4.
Yes, looks like.
Andreas.
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