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Re: aclocal 1.8 no longer loads overridden macros

Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Sat, 13 Dec 2003 03:37:59 -0800

>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

 Andreas> With aclocal 1.8 you no longer get overridden standard
 Andreas> autoconf macros loaded from local *.m4 files.

I could not reproduce this (tried to redefine AC_PROG_CC
successfully).  Can you send detailed instructions?

 Andreas> Presumably this is because autom4te always looks in
 Andreas> autoconf/autoconf.m4f first, 

That seems to be the only order that will allow the Autoconf
macros to be overridden by later redefinitions.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz