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[gettext] Re: autoconf[2.12]/gettext: AC_LINK_FILES problem
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Bruno Haible |
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[gettext] Re: autoconf[2.12]/gettext: AC_LINK_FILES problem |
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Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:02:10 +0200 (MET DST) |
Thomas Rössler wrote on 1999-01-06:
> autoconf 2.12 implements AC_LINK_FILES on the m4 level.
>
> This makes it impossible to link files conditionally in a clean way.
> gettext.m4 works around this problem using something like
>
> AC_LINK_FILES($a,$b)
>
> where a and b are unset under certain conditions. This hack leads
> to problems if it`s applied more than once. The generated configure
> script will fail miserably.
You are right. Thanks for the report. To work around this problem,
gettext-0.10.37 doesn't use AC_LINK_FILES any more.
Bruno
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