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Re: Autoconf fails tests 24 and 26 with M4 branch-1_4 now


From: Ralf Wildenhues
Subject: Re: Autoconf fails tests 24 and 26 with M4 branch-1_4 now
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:48:39 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-10-09)

Hi Eric,

* Eric Blake wrote on Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 02:31:23PM CEST:
> [I guess since this is a patch, I should copy it to the patch list...]

Yes, thanks.

> According to Ralf Wildenhues on 10/26/2006 12:52 AM:
> > - due to Stepan's recent changes to Autoconf, it practically now
> >   *requires* at least M4 1.4.7 to operate properly.

> Which change are you referring to that requires 1.4.7 or greater?  To my
> knowledge, even the original M4 1.4 from ten years ago can still make it
> through the 2.61 testsuite.  The change to quit redirecting stdin from
> /dev/null was only for M4 CVS head, and has no bearing on 1.4.x behavior.

Oh. Uh.  Incompatibility sensor gone off too early.  I forgot this was
for M4 CVS HEAD only.  Sorry, and apologies to Stepan.

Cheers,
Ralf




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