On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Eric Blake <ebb9@xxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Dmitriy Kargapolov on 10/21/2008 3:35 PM: >> Hi, >> I tried suggested erlang.m4 patch and it works. Just one minor issue - >> it works only when I run autoconf with "-i" option... I'm not familiar >> with m4 stuff, but found that this is something related to "frozen" >> files... > > Are you sure it was -i, and not something else? Pasting an actual command > line of what you had to use might be helpful. Yes, that was "autoconf -i" - I tried to trace problem out. Per autoconf code - this option results in adding " --melt" to $autom4te_options, i.e. kind of defrosting side effect :) > >> How to deal with this? > > I'm guessing that you modified the installed copy of erlang.m4, rather > than modifying the source file and reinstalling everything. Yes, autoconf > favors the frozen files (extension .m4f) that were created at the time it > was installed, if those exist, even if they are older than the .m4 source > files. However, since they are just cache files, you should be able to > safely delete them (at which point, it will use your modifed .m4 file > instead), instead of reinstalling autoconf. This exactly explains what I have. Thank you for help! > - -- > Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! > > Eric Blake ebb9@xxxxxxx > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) > Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkj+gM8ACgkQ84KuGfSFAYCPzwCdEUQb7p9vin6NA31L3DZRlwUK > ErgAn22NncFazDrMqUxwElloIbAQSPXI > =BElw > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
