"Stefano Lattarini" <stefano.lattarini@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > tags 12877 - moreinfo > tags 12877 notabug > close 12877 > thanks > > On 11/14/2012 12:09 PM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: >> >> "Stefano Lattarini" <stefano.lattarini@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> >>> On 11/14/2012 07:45 AM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: >>>> >>>> (GNU) m4 when being called with the variable POSIXLY_CORRECT behaves >>>> differently as all GNU extensions will be suppressed. >>>> >>> Modern autoconf versions used with modern GNU m4 versions should pass >>> the latter the '-g' option, so that the POSIXLY_CORRECT variable does >>> not have any effect on the behaviour of GNU m4. Which versions of >>> autoconf and m4 are you using? >>> >> >> freundt@clyde:pts/30:~> autoconf --version >> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69 >> Copyright (C) Free Software Foundation, Inc. >> License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later >> <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html> >> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. >> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. >> >> Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille. >> > Modern enough I'd say :-) > >> freundt@clyde:pts/30:~> m4 --version >> m4 (GNU M4) 1.9a.574-8613 >> Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. >> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. >> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. >> >> Written by Rene' Seindal, Gary V. Vaughan, and Eric Blake. >> > Ha, here lies the problem. According to the m4 NEWS file, the '-g' option > has only been introduced in version 1.4.12. I'd suggest you to update > your m4 installation to the latest if possible. > > In the meanwhile, I'm closing this report, since we've determined your > problem is not due to an automake or aclocal bug. Yes, I will report this issue to the m4 guys. 1.9a has the -g switch and is newer than 1.4 anyway. Cheers Sebastian _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
