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Re: Make AX_DEFINE_DIR obsolete?
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Make AX_DEFINE_DIR obsolete? |
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Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:27:43 -0600 |
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On 09/16/2011 03:25 PM, Reuben Thomas wrote:
Following, a patch to autoconf git head to remove the mention of
AC_DEFINE_DIR from the manual:
+
+ docs: remove mention of non-GCS-compliant AC_DEFINE_DIR.
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Defining Directories): Update. The macro was
+ in any case renamed AX_DEFINE_DIR, and is now obsolete in
+ autoconf-archive.
I agree that we need to prune text, but think you went too far.
@item
-Use @code{AC_DEFINE} but have @command{configure} compute the literal
-value of @code{datadir} and others. Many people have wrapped macros to
-automate this task; for an example, see the macro @code{AC_DEFINE_DIR} from
-the @uref{http://@/www.gnu.org/@/software/@/autoconf-archive/, Autoconf Macro
-Archive}.
-
-This solution does not conform to the GNU Coding Standards.
I'd keep this as:
@item
Use @code{AC_DEFINE} but have @command{configure} compute the literal
value of @code{datadir} and others.
This solution does not conform to the GNU Coding Standards.
that is, just remove the mention of the obsolete archive macro.
--
Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
- Make AX_DEFINE_DIR obsolete?, Reuben Thomas, 2011/09/12
- Re: Make AX_DEFINE_DIR obsolete?, Peter Simons, 2011/09/16
- Re: Make AX_DEFINE_DIR obsolete?, Reuben Thomas, 2011/09/16
- Re: Make AX_DEFINE_DIR obsolete?, Reuben Thomas, 2011/09/16
- Re: Make AX_DEFINE_DIR obsolete?,
Eric Blake <=
- Re: Make AX_DEFINE_DIR obsolete?, Reuben Thomas, 2011/09/16
- Re: Make AX_DEFINE_DIR obsolete?, Eric Blake, 2011/09/16
- Re: Make AX_DEFINE_DIR obsolete?, Eric Blake, 2011/09/16
- Re: Make AX_DEFINE_DIR obsolete?, Reuben Thomas, 2011/09/16