Re: Patch: gcc-3.0.4 workaround for AS_SPARC64_FLAG/autoconf-2.53

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:08:30AM -0700, Adam J. Richter wrote:
>       autoconf-2.53 does not allow AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED variables
> that begin with "AS_", reserving that part of the name space for
> autoconf m4sugar macros.  I think autoconf should allow this and
> just issue a warning, but it would probably be a good idea to fix
> the gcc tree to avoid this, even if it does become just a warning
> in a future autoconf release.  So, the following patch to gcc-3.0.4
> just globally replaces AS_SPARC64_FLAG with ASM_SPARC64_FLAG.

there's no good reason for autoconf to start poaching on symbols that
don't begin with AC_.  File it as a bug in autoconf.

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