"Oskar Liljeblad" <oskar@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I understand there's little point in supporting anything < C89. It > is sad though that autoconf hasn't been updated to match the > compatibility assumptions of GCC and coreutils/gnulib. Autoconf has more backward-compatibility constraints in this area than GCC, coreutils, and gnulib does, as it has to support packages that still want to port to pre-C89 hosts. My impression is that we are getting close to dumping support for K&R, but it won't occur before the next stable Autoconf release. The first step of any such conversion process, which will be quite a bit of grunt work I'm afraid, will be to poll the Autoconf users to see who, if anybody, still needs support for pre-C89 hosts. "Oskar Liljeblad" <oskar@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have until now believed that autoconf and automake > (autoscan in particular) were perfect in this sense. Perfection? Autoconf? *splutter* Now I have to find a rag to clean the coffee off my keyboard.... _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
