Stefan Seefeld <seefeld@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Yes, please enhance the documentation ! In fact, the documentation
> starts with "In future..." but doesn't talk about what the macro does
> at present. And yes, bailing out in configure's execution if the directory
> isn't present, but then never touch the directory again, isn't contributing
> to clarify anything either. :-)
OK, thanks, I installed this. (It explains everything that the macro
does at present, because the macro doesn't do anything. :-)
2006-09-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Input): Clarify role of AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR): Do not check
for the existence of the directory at configure-time. That's
too late, anyway, and possibly the directory isn't part of the
distribution. Problem reported by Stefan Seefeld.
--- doc/autoconf.texi 12 Sep 2006 07:01:50 -0000 1.1083
+++ doc/autoconf.texi 12 Sep 2006 18:15:26 -0000
@@ -1901,12 +1901,11 @@ local macros can be found using @code{AC
@defmac AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR (@var{dir})
@acindex{CONFIG_MACRO_DIR}
-Future versions of @command{autopoint}, @command{libtoolize},
-@command{aclocal} and @command{autoreconf} will use directory
-@var{dir} as the location of additional local Autoconf macros. Be
-sure to call this macro directly from @file{configure.ac} so that
-tools that install macros for @command{aclocal} can find the
-declaration before @option{--trace} can be called safely.
+Specify @var{dir} as the location of additional local Autoconf macros.
+This macro is intended for use by future versions of commands like
+@command{autoreconf} that trace macro calls. It should be called
+directly from @file{configure.ac} so that tools that install macros for
+@command{aclocal} can find the macros' declarations.
@end defmac
--- lib/autoconf/general.m4 2 Sep 2006 05:37:08 -0000 1.928
+++ lib/autoconf/general.m4 12 Sep 2006 18:15:27 -0000
@@ -1632,9 +1632,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR],
[case $1 in
[[\\/]]* | ?:[[\\/]]* ) ac_macro_dir=$1 ;;
*) ac_macro_dir=$srcdir/$1 ;;
-esac
-test -d "$ac_macro_dir" ||
- AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find macro directory `$1'])
+esac[]dnl
])# AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR
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