Re: Requirements: configuration test dependencies

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>>>>> "dv" == Didier Verna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
dv> You're right. Actually, I just discovered that autoconf
dv> doesn't print warnings anymore by default, which partly explains
dv> the surprises I recently got with some macros ordering problems.

Akim> I can reenable the `syntax' category by default.  Hm, but then
Akim> we need a means to disable the warnings :(

Is an AC_BEFORE violation really just a warning?
I think it is an error.

Similarly, if the configure.in author uses the hypothetical macro to
say that cross-comilation should be allowed, using a macro that isn't
compatible with cross-compilation should be a hard error.

Tom