Re: autoconf 2.52f and OS/2

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Van Holder <address@hidden> writes:

Tim> I know it's bad form to reply to your own posts, but here goes.
>> That would be acceptable, as DJGPP's config.site sets CONFIG_SHELL
>> to SHELL anyway.  Unfortunately, config.site is loaded after this
>> test.

Tim> Akim, AFAICS AC_SITE_LOAD does not rely on any previous tests; it
Tim> only needs the prefix variables.  So could AC_SITE_LOAD be moved
Tim> to an earlier point?  That way, the pathsep test could use
Tim> ${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}, allowing CONFIG_SHELL (or PATH_SEPARATOR
Tim> for that matter) to be set in config.site.  This would provide a
Tim> functioning solution for both DJGPP and OS/2.

I hate this part :(  There are plenty of problems with AC_SITE_LOAD,
and in particular, it seems obvious that it must be read before the
handling of the command line args.  Which implies that it cannot
depend on $prefix.

To me, this bit is a feature which is mis-designed.  I'm in favor of
moving AC_SITE_LOAD (BTW, ought to be _AC_SITE_LOAD, and maybe
_AC_INIT_SITE_LOAD).  Tim, can you check that the doc allows this?
And if positive, to send a complete patch? (= code, doc, NEWS).