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Re: [Bug-gnulib] proposed gettext.m4 patch for inttypes.h (merge from co
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Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-gnulib] proposed gettext.m4 patch for inttypes.h (merge from coreutils) |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:29:56 +0200 |
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> What was the actual problem that this AC_REQUIRE([gt_HEADER_INTTYPES_H])
>> call was causing?
>
> Jim knows better than I, since he removed that call. I tried to
> reproduce his thought processes by adding that call to my merged copy.
> I got this diagnostic:
>
> aclocal: macro `gt_HEADER_INTTYPES_H' required but not defined
>
> Copying gnulib/m4/inttypes.m4 fixed this. However, that's a minor
> maintenance hassle, as inttypes.m4 is not needed for coreutils.
> inttypes.m4 is needed only for applications that use AM_INTL_SUBDIR,
> which are a dying breed these days. Also, inttypes.m4 will go away
> once gettext.m4 assumes Autoconf 2.51 or better. Possibly Jim didn't
> want the hassle of adding inttypes.m4 now just to remove it later.
Right. It would have been a step backwards -- or at least sideways :-)
> One workaround is to define an empty gt_HEADER_INTTYPES_H to pacify
> Automake. Maybe Jim would prefer that to including inttypes.m4?
I do like that.
> Or, if you like that sort of idea, perhaps we could add a
> gettext-external module, which assumes Autoconf 2.54 and assumes
> AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external]), and which defines dummies for
> gt_HEADER_INTTYPES_H etc. A bit of a hack, but it'd make the overall
> machinery smaller for the typical case these days.
That'd be fine, too.
- [Bug-gnulib] Re: tracing from aclocal, (continued)
- [Bug-gnulib] Re: tracing from aclocal, Akim Demaille, 2003/08/14
- [Bug-gnulib] Re: tracing from aclocal, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2003/08/15
- [Bug-gnulib] Re: tracing from aclocal, Akim Demaille, 2003/08/18
- [Bug-gnulib] Re: tracing from aclocal, Paul Eggert, 2003/08/18
- [Bug-gnulib] Re: tracing from aclocal, Akim Demaille, 2003/08/19
- [Bug-gnulib] Re: tracing from aclocal, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2003/08/18
- [Bug-gnulib] Re: tracing from aclocal, Akim Demaille, 2003/08/19
- [Bug-gnulib] Re: tracing from aclocal, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2003/08/18
- [Bug-gnulib] Re: tracing from aclocal, Akim Demaille, 2003/08/19
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] proposed gettext.m4 patch for inttypes.h (merge from coreutils), Paul Eggert, 2003/08/12
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] proposed gettext.m4 patch for inttypes.h (merge from coreutils),
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