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Re: Cleanup on AC_MSG_ERROR


From: Akim Demaille
Subject: Re: Cleanup on AC_MSG_ERROR
Date: 24 Oct 2000 09:58:09 +0200
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| Hello!
| AC_MSG_ERROR is almost always called "unexpectedly", i.e. inside tests, so 
it's
| a good idea to clean temporary files before exiting.

Why not a better trap?

| Temporary files shouldn't be used for debugging. Either config.log should be
| used, or (in very hard cases) configure should be edited to copy temporary 
files
| at a known point. So please don't worry about too many rm's - they will never
| have to be conditional.

I agree with the point, but I still would prefer to understand why
trap did not rm those files.  That's the bug to kill imho.



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