Hello, * NightStrike wrote on Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 06:19:07PM CEST: > "This macro is the only macro that may be used before AC_INIT, This isn't even true. AC_DEFUN and m4_define, as well as other m4sugar elements, are widely used before AC_INIT (when you consider that autoconf parses aclocal.m4 before it starts reading configure.ac). AU_DEFUN and AU_ALIAS should probably be sanctioned as well. How about simply This macro may be used before AC_INIT. ? I think elsewhere we state that AC_INIT needs to be the first macro that produces text in the configure script (which is a better description of what the text you quoted really wanted to say). > but for > consistency, you are invited not to do so." > > If the manual says "please don't do it," why does autoscan do it? I have no idea. Both code and manual have been like that for more than seven years ... Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
