Hi,
Before 2.50, we need to decide the interface we give to the arguments
given to AC_INIT. For instance, it seems reasonable to me to have
AC_INIT([Autoconf], [2.50], [[EMAIL PROTECTED]])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
and that's all. Which means we must pass `Autoconf' and `2.50' to
Automake. And in fact, we even need to be able to compute the lower
case form of `Autoconf' to pass `autoconf' to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
As already quite known, I'm in favor of literals, which means no
AC_INIT($package, $version, $bug)
so it is perfectly valid to compute on the argument given to AC_INIT.
Now the question: should we keep only M4 values:
m4_define([_AC_INIT_PACKAGE],
[m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_NAME], [$1])
m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_VERSION], [$2])
m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_STRING], [$1 $2])
m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT], [$3])
])
or we should also provide the variables which are set by Automake:
m4_define([_AC_INIT_PACKAGE],
[m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_NAME], [$1])
PACKAGE='m4_lower([$1])'
m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_VERSION], [$2])
VERSION='$2'
m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_STRING], [$1 $2])
m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT], [$3])
])
Thanks!
Akim
