Re: version-etc not working with autoconf 2.61

[Eric Blake]

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According to Andy Wingo on 11/21/2009 10:59 AM:
> Hello,
> 
> I just applied this to Guile. Perhaps something like it should go into
> Gnulib?

Gnulib pre-assumes that you are using Automake, and automake generally
guarantees that PACKAGE is defined.  What is guile doing that violates
this assumption?

>     fix version-etc for older autoconf

It's not strictly for older autoconf; rather, it's for packages that
somehow leave PACKAGE undefined.  Why is PACKAGE_TARNAME any more likely
to exist than PACKAGE?

>    printf (_("%s home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/%s/>\n"),
> -       PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE);
> +       PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE_TARNAME);

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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