On Sat, Nov 30, 2024, at 4:13 PM, R. Diez wrote: >>>> Or is there any way to enable such automatic error handling? >>> >>> [...] be a useful project for someone to do, although it would take >>> some time >> >> Like Paul I do not have time to pursue this any further myself, but >> I'd be happy to guide anyone (you?) who wanted to work on it. If >> you're interested in doing more complex projects in the future, it >> would be a good way to get accustomed to how Autoconf's innards are >> put together. > > Let's do the first step. It does not actually touch anything user > facing or important, but it should serve as a signal (as an example) > that it's actually the way to go in Autoconf: Applied (with a small adjustment -- we cannot safely assume `set -u` works, not even in a script that only Autoconf hackers will use). Thank you. Note that we do not use Signed-off-by. If you plan to keep working on this project (which I certainly hope you will) you will need to file a copyright assignment with the FSF. Instructions for that can be found at <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/tree/doc/Copyright/request-assign.future>. zw