Re: MS-Windows build using Posix configury

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Glenn Morris <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:42:54 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >         gnu-linux|freebsd|netbsd)
> >           AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SOUND, 1, [Define to 1 if you have sound support.])
> >           ;;
> > +       mingw32)
> > +         AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SOUND, 1, [Define to 1 if you have sound support.])
> > +         ;;
> [...]
> > +if test "${opsys}" = "mingw32"; then
> > +  AC_DEFINE(NULL_DEVICE, ["NUL:"], [Name of the file to open to get
> > +    a null file, or a data sink.])
> > +else
> > +  AC_DEFINE(NULL_DEVICE, ["/dev/null"], [Name of the file to open to get
> > +    a null file, or a data sink.])
> > +fi
> >  
> > -AC_DEFINE(SEPCHAR, [':'], [Character that separates PATH elements.])
> > +if test "${opsys}" = "mingw32"; then
> > +  AC_DEFINE(SEPCHAR, [';'], [Character that separates PATH elements.])
> > +else
> > +  AC_DEFINE(SEPCHAR, [':'], [Character that separates PATH elements.])
> > +fi
> 
> With things like this, I think it is better to have a single
> unconditional AH_TEMPLATE that gives the doc string, then as many
> AC_DEFINEs as needed that just set the value and don't duplicate the doc.

Sorry, I don't follow: what doc is duplicated?  (I'm an autoconf
newbie.)  Could you show an example of what you suggest?

Thanks.