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Re: AC_PROVIDE{_IFELSE} not documented?
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Nick Bowler |
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Re: AC_PROVIDE{_IFELSE} not documented? |
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Sun, 18 Jun 2023 22:00:39 -0400 |
On 18/06/2023, Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> wrote:
> Maybe I'm going blind, but it seems that AC_PROVIDE and
> AC_PROVIDE_IFELSE are not documented in the Autoconf manual. AC_PROVIDE
> is mentioned but not described. AC_PROVIDE_IFELSE is not mentioned.
When I reported this many years ago, the response[1] at the time was
"the macros are stable and intended to be usable; we're just missing
the documentation patch."
But neither I nor anyone else stepped up to actually write it.
[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2012-12/msg00000.html
Cheers,
Nick