Re: ac-lang-abbrev.patch

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello, Akim!

On 27 Sep 2000, Akim Demaille wrote:

Today? That's reassuring. My yesterdays patch for spaces in $PATH is still
on the way to the list. I'll resend it ASAP.

>       * aclang.m4 (_AC_LANG_ABBREV, _AC_LANG_ABBREV(C))
>       (_AC_LANG_ABBREV(C++), _AC_LANG_ABBREV(Fortran 77): New macros.
>       (AC_LANG_(C), AC_LANG_(C++), AC_LANG_(Fortran 77)): Don't define
>       AC_LANG_ABBREV.
>       (_AC_PROG_PREPROC_WORKS): Adjust.
>       * acgeneral.m4 (_AC_TRY_CPP): Likewise.

I must admit that I don't understand the reason, but since you have spent
your time doing this there must be some justification :-)

My guess based on the previous discussion - if somebody implements support
for another language and doesn't define _AC_LANG_ABBREV but uses it
autoconf will fail instead of using e.g. ac__preproc_warn_flag. Is that
your idea?

I'm not sure if I'm eligible to vote, but you have my Ok.

Regards,
Pavel Roskin