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Re: Handling of extra macros
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Patrick Welche |
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Re: Handling of extra macros |
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Thu, 1 Dec 2005 23:55:51 +0000 |
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On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 09:38:31PM +0100, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> >>> "RB" == Ross Boylan <address@hidden> writes:
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> RB> 5. The autoconf manual has no index entry for aclocal. There is one for
> RB> aclocal.m4, and the text refers to aclocal. Is aclocal deprecated?
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> aclocal is part of Automake, not autoconf. The Automake manual
> documents aclocal and explains how to handle local macros properly.
Isn't the long term goal "aclocal must be subsumed into autoconf"? What is
preventing this from happening sooner rather than later?
Cheers,
Patrick