Re: [PATCHES] Better error messages if obsolete macros are used

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 12/30/2012 11:23 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> [-cc automake, -cc bug-sed, +cc automake-patches]
> 
> Reference:
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-12/msg00039.html>
> 
> I wrote:
>>
>> At any rate, I agree the error message caused by the abrupt removal
>> is horrible.  I'll soon post a patch to have still-exiting uses of
>> AM_CONFIG_HEADER give a clear error message (as is done for the
>> AM_C_PROTOTYPES since Automake 1.12).  Making that fix quickly
>> available will be a good reason for a 1.13.1 release.
>>
> Attached are a couple of patches for maint, one about AM_CONFIG_HEADER,
> and the other about AM_PROG_CC_STDC.  I will push shorty.  I'll also
> have to write a similar patch about AM_PROG_MKDIR_P (for master, as
> this macro is only deprecated in 1.13, and will be removed in 1.14).
> 
I've pushed the patches to maint, and merged them in master as well.

Regards,
  Stefano