On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 01:43:48 -0500, Bob Lockie wrote: > Brackets are not allowed in the filenames for the AC_CONFIG_FILES macro? > AC_CONFIG_FILES( [Makefile] ) > AC_CONFIG_FILES( doc/arson/Makefile ) Exactly what problem do you experience? I have no problem executing the above code. > Everything works when I take the brackets out. > AC_CONFIG_FILES( Makefile ) > AC_CONFIG_FILES( doc/arson/Makefile ) In m4, trailing whitespace in arguments is relavant. The m4 manual states that leading whitespace on arguments is discarded, but trailing whitespace is not. Also note that the quotes [ and ] do not expressly delimit an argument; they simply quote parts of it. With and without the brackets, the arguments you are passing to AC_CONFIG_FILES() all contain trailing whitespace. > I hate tools that are picky about tabs, spaces, etc. Given that m4 is mainly a text processing facility, it makes sense that it tries to preserve the format of the text. -- ES
