On 01/03/11 10:56, Eric Blake wrote: >> Also, if such >> complexity is required, perhaps an autoconf macro a la: >> AC_ESYSCMD_OK([./git-version-gen .tarball-version]) >> that will error out of the command exits non-zero? > > Now that's a nice idea! I'd rather name it m4_esyscmd_ok (and a > counterpart m4_syscmd_ok), since it ties closely to m4_esyscmd, but the > idea of having a syntactic sugar wrapper ....... does seem > useful. Of course, a drawback is that you'd have to require a > new-enough autoconf to use that new macro, or else provide it's > implementation as a fallback when using older autoconf. Hi Eric, I would surely do that in libposix. Thanks! But, since the git-version-gen script is being fixed, it shouldn't be necessary.... Cheers - Bruce _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf