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Re: AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52
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Thomas E. Dickey |
Subject: |
Re: AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52 |
Date: |
Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:52:05 -0500 (EST) |
On 23 Jan 2002, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Seefeld <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Stefan> PS: Another thing which I find highly confusing is that aclocal
> Stefan> is shipped with automake, not autoconf.
> Stefan> I'm using autoconf, not automake, and I have a whole lot of
> Stefan> macros such that I use aclocal to extract the used ones from a
> Stefan> macro repository. What does this have to do with automake ?
>
> We had to invent aclocal for use with automake. I think automake was
> the first source of a collection of macros outside autoconf. In any
> case, at the time aclocal was invented, autoconf was unmaintained.
it was "unmaintained" for a shorter time than it's taken for autoconf 2.5x
to get to a stable release, btw. (keep things in perspective).
> In other words, it is a historical artifact.
Nope - it modifies the design of autoconf by appropriating a new use for
the aclocal.m4
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- Re: AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52, (continued)
- Re: AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52, Thomas E. Dickey, 2002/01/23
- Re: AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2002/01/23
- Re: AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52, Thomas E. Dickey, 2002/01/23
- Re: AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52, Akim Demaille, 2002/01/24
- Re: AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52, Tom Tromey, 2002/01/23
- Re: AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52, Akim Demaille, 2002/01/24
Re: AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52, Tom Tromey, 2002/01/23
- Re: AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52,
Thomas E. Dickey <=
AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52, Bruce Korb, 2002/01/23