Hi, On 2024-01-27 15:46, Dave Hart wrote: > What is the right way to embed newlines in AC_MSG_FAIL or other AC_MSG_* > macros? [...] > I tried: > > AC_MSG_FAILURE( > [--enable-openssl-random was used but no suitable SSL library was\ > found. Remove --enable-openssl-random if you wish to build without\ > a cryptographically secure RNG.\ > WARNING: Use of ntp-keygen without a secure RNG may generate keys\ > that are predictable.]) Just don't end your lines with backslashes (which causes the shell to delete the following newline) and AC_MSG_FAILURE will give you multiple lines of output. Normally you'll want the first line to be somewhat shorter (since configure will insert a prefix in front of the message). Hope that helps, Nick
