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Re: m4_pattern_forbid matches itself
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Raja R Harinath |
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Re: m4_pattern_forbid matches itself |
Date: |
Tue, 22 Jul 2003 23:49:32 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
Phil Edwards <address@hidden> writes:
> Two problems with m4_pattern_forbid (or rather, with my understanding of
> how it's meant to be used) follow:
>
> Uses of $target_alias keep sneaking back into libstdc++'s configury, which
> is generally a Very Bad Thing for a GCC target library. So I thought I'd
> play with m4_pattern_forbid to try and prevent mistakes before they happen.
>
> This
>
> m4_pattern_forbid([target_alias],[informative message goes here])
>
> triggers
>
> configure.in:44: error: target alias is not what you think it is
> If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
> See the Autoconf documentation.
Try
m4_pattern_forbid([target][_alias],...)
to break up any literal grepping of the file. I don't know if it'll
work, but it's worth a try.
- Hari
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Raja R Harinath ------------------------------ address@hidden