Re: [Bug-gnulib] AC_PROG_YACC

[Derek Robert Price]

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Derek Robert Price wrote:

> >>I'd say, since option '-d' is not appropriate in all cases, it's a
>
> >mistake
>
> >>to use it by default. The bug is therefore in the BSD make.
>
> >I'm afraid I agree with you.  It might still make sense to have an
> >autoconf workaround for the bug, when detected, however.
>
> I still agree with you but I still think a workaround in macros is
> appropriate, both GNULIB & Autoconf.  My new solution just AC_ARG_VARs
> both YACC & YFLAGS, as CC, CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, etc. are AC_ARG_VARed by
> other autoconf macros and require the user override them as arguments
> to configure or make.  Nobody seems to have a problem with autoconf
> doing that for CC, CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, etc.
>
> Revision 3 of patch for GNULIB attached.  I think similar AC_ARG_VAR
> statements for YACC & YFLAGS for AC_PROG_YACC would also be appropriate.


Incidentally, I choose to do this in a macro rather than in the
Makefile.am because Automake warned about the YFLAGS= line interfering
with user variables when I tried.  The macro solution also appears to
be consistent with other Autoconf behavior with regards to compilers
and compiler flags.

Derek
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