> * Stepan Kasal <xnfny@xxxxxx> [2005-03-11 16:23:53 +0100]: > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 09:22:32AM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: >> Is there a chance this will be eventually fixed? > > No, it's a design decision. The packed tarball contains sources of a > certain fixed version. > > You are free to make patches to autoconf, --- general.m4 23 Feb 2005 18:24:49 -0500 1.847 +++ general.m4 17 Mar 2005 12:42:22 -0500 @@ -239,24 +239,21 @@ # _AC_INIT_PACKAGE(PACKAGE-NAME, VERSION, BUG-REPORT, [TARNAME]) # -------------------------------------------------------------- m4_define([_AC_INIT_PACKAGE], -[AS_LITERAL_IF([$1], [], [m4_warn([syntax], [AC_INIT: not a literal: $1])]) -AS_LITERAL_IF([$2], [], [m4_warn([syntax], [AC_INIT: not a literal: $2])]) -AS_LITERAL_IF([$3], [], [m4_warn([syntax], [AC_INIT: not a literal: $3])]) -m4_ifndef([AC_PACKAGE_NAME], - [m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_NAME], [$1])]) +[m4_ifndef([AC_PACKAGE_NAME], + [m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_NAME], $1)]) m4_ifndef([AC_PACKAGE_TARNAME], [m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_TARNAME], - m4_default([$4], - [m4_bpatsubst(m4_tolower(m4_bpatsubst([[[$1]]], + m4_default($4, + [m4_bpatsubst(m4_tolower(m4_bpatsubst([[[AC_PACKAGE_NAME]]], [GNU ])), [[^_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789]], [-])]))]) m4_ifndef([AC_PACKAGE_VERSION], - [m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_VERSION], [$2])]) + [m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_VERSION], $2)]) m4_ifndef([AC_PACKAGE_STRING], - [m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_STRING], [$1 $2])]) + [m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_STRING], AC_PACKAGE_NAME AC_PACKAGE_VERSION)]) m4_ifndef([AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT], - [m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT], [$3])]) + [m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT], $3)]) ]) > and when you have something, I am sure the above is not perfect, but I hope it is a good start... please help me. > you can try to convince the developers... well, in this thread 4 persons (Eric, Bob, Bruno, Bruce) concurred with me that AC_INIT should evaluate its arguments. You are alone. futility is resistive. -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k <http://www.honestreporting.com> <http://www.openvotingconsortium.org/> <http://www.dhimmi.com/> <http://www.mideasttruth.com/> <http://www.camera.org> Only adults have difficulty with child-proof caps. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
