72--ac-eval.patch

[Akim Demaille]

Index: ChangeLog
from  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
        * acgeneral.m4 (_AC_EVAL): New.
        (AC_TRY_EVAL, AC_TRY_COMMAND): Use it.

Index: acgeneral.m4
--- acgeneral.m4 Wed, 13 Dec 2000 19:56:27 +0100 akim (ace/27_acgeneral. 
1.169.8.103 644)
+++ acgeneral.m4 Wed, 13 Dec 2000 21:00:42 +0100 akim (ace/27_acgeneral. 
1.169.8.103 644)
@@ -2238,19 +2238,28 @@ m4_define([AC_MSG_ERROR],  [AS_ERROR($@)
 ## ---------------------------- ##


+# _AC_EVAL(COMMAND)
+# -----------------
+# Eval COMMAND, save the exit status in ac_status, and log it.
+AC_DEFUN([_AC_EVAL],
+[{ (eval echo "$as_me:__oline__: \"$1\"") >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+   (eval $1) 2>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+   ac_status=$?
+   echo "$as_me:__oline__: \$? = $ac_status" >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD; }])
+
+
 # AC_TRY_EVAL(VARIABLE)
 # ---------------------
 # The purpose of this macro is to "configure:123: command line"
 # written into config.log for every test run.
 AC_DEFUN([AC_TRY_EVAL],
-[{ (eval echo $as_me:__oline__: \"[$]$1\") >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD; dnl
-(eval [$]$1) 2>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD; }])
+[_AC_EVAL([$]$1) && (exit $ac_status) ])


 # AC_TRY_COMMAND(COMMAND)
 # -----------------------
 AC_DEFUN([AC_TRY_COMMAND],
-[{ ac_try='$1'; AC_TRY_EVAL(ac_try); }])
+[_AC_EVAL([$1]) && (exit $ac_status) ])


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