* Eric Blake wrote on Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 04:15:34AM CEST: > According to Bruno Haible on 10/23/2008 5:09 PM: > > There is a need for autoconf macros to compile and execute programs that > > they have created with AC_LANG_CONFTEST > > 1) without having to build up the compile or link command by itself, > > 2) with log of the command and its error messages and exit code to the log > > file. > > Yes, but it probably should not be named AC_TRY_EVAL, so that existing > uses of the undocumented and broken interface aren't themselves broken > when we close the security hole in whatever we document. Here's to consistency (and to the demise of all AC*TRY* macros ;-) a suggestion for a new name: AC_EVAL_IFELSE. > In particular, AC_TRY_EVAL is an undocumented interface which, in the > autoconf sources itself, mentions that it is unsafe and may be > withdrawn or changed in the future. Obsoletion: ok, once gettext, gnulib, and libtool are free of them. Withdrawal: patience, please. Thanks a lot! Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
