* Dan Manthey wrote on Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 01:17:17AM CET:
> Here's what I hope is a final solution to multiline output variables and
> the related rework of _AC_OUTPUT_FILES.
Which version is the patch against? Some hunks fail against CVS HEAD.
(not that I could promise a stress-test, but it'd be easier to try if
it applied cleanly).
Other than that: found a typo:
*snip*
> --- doc/autoconf.texi.old 2004-08-20 16:51:34.000000000 -0400
> +++ doc/autoconf.texi 2005-01-25 19:08:11.162836800 -0500
> @@ -7126,9 +7126,15 @@
> or more @file{Makefile}s). This means that @code{AC_OUTPUT} will
> replace instances of @samp{@@@var{variable}@@} in input files with the
> value that the shell variable @var{variable} has when @code{AC_OUTPUT}
> -is called. This value of @var{variable} should not contain literal
> -newlines. (There is currently no portable way to escape literal
> -newlines.)
> +is called. It is now permissible for the value to contain newlines.
> +The substituted value is not rescanned for more output variables;
> +@samp{@@@var{variable}@@} in the value is inserted literally into the
> +output file. (Actually, the surrounding @code{@@}s are replaced with
> +@code{|#@@!@@#|}, and all occurances of @code{|#@@!@@#|} are ultimately
occurrence
> +replaced with @code{@@}. If by some misfortune, you need a literal
> +@code{|#@@!@@#|} in your output file, use @code{|#|#@@!@@#|!@@#|}.
> +Similarly, all values are begun with with @code{|#@@!_!@@#|}, which is
> +in turn deleted.)
>
> If @var{value} is given, in addition assign it to @var{variable}.
> @end defmac
Regards,
Ralf
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