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Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1
From: |
Maciej W. Rozycki |
Subject: |
Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1 |
Date: |
Tue, 14 May 2002 14:54:16 +0200 (MET DST) |
On Mon, 13 May 2002, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > configure.in:111: /usr/bin/m4: Bad regular expression: `test
> > "${ac_cv_lib[]Name+set}" = set': Unmatched [ or [^
> > configure.in:111: /usr/bin/m4: Bad regular expression: `$ac_cv_lib[]Name':
> > Unmatched [ or [^
> > configure.in:111: /usr/bin/m4: Bad regular expression: `$ac_cv_lib[]Name':
> > Unmatched [ or [^
>
> I don't have that problem. What does `m4 --version' say?
GNU m4 1.4
The release is eight years old! -- you don't suspect me to run anything
older, do you?
> > so I bulk-converted all
> > `[]' occurences to address@hidden@' as using brackets makes scripts fragile
> > due to
> > their quoting properties.
>
> But this breaks autoconf 2.13, and it makes the code harder to read.
I felt autoconf 2.13 compatibility is unimportant here as you can't
support both 2.13 and 2.53 at the same time anyway due to LIBOBJS vs
AC_LIBOBJ.
> I would rather find out why m4 is not working for you, and fix that
> problem, as the error messages could be a symptom of a more important
> bug. It could be a bug in m4/lib-link.m4, or it could be something
> else.
OK, I'm willing to provide any help necessary.
Maciej
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- Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1, Paul Eggert, 2002/05/13
- Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1, Maciej W. Rozycki, 2002/05/13
- Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1, Paul Eggert, 2002/05/13
- Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1, Maciej W. Rozycki, 2002/05/13
- Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1, Paul Eggert, 2002/05/13
- Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1,
Maciej W. Rozycki <=
- Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1, Paul Eggert, 2002/05/14
- Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1, Maciej W. Rozycki, 2002/05/14
- Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1, Akim Demaille, 2002/05/14
- Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1, Paul Eggert, 2002/05/14
- Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1, Maciej W. Rozycki, 2002/05/17
Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1, Bruno Haible, 2002/05/13