Eric Blake wrote:
> Paul's latest updates to module dependencies pulled in several .m4 files
> that trigger gcc compiler warnings, breaking the configuration of m4 with
> '-Werror' where it had previously been working.  Paul, Bruno, are these
> okay to install?

I installed the remaining patch to codeset.m4.

> Is bh_C_SIGNED still needed, now that we assume C89?

Good point. I think we're on ANSI C for sufficiently long time now. I'll
remove it in gettext-0.15.1.

> This does not do anything about the fact that AM_LANGINFO_CODESET (and
> other gettext macros) collides with the AM_ namespace.  Libtool has
> recently made the move to use its own namespace LT_, rather than
> potentially conflicting with automake/autoconf by reusing AC_/AM_, while
> providing backwards-compatible aliases to avoid breaking existing
> configure.ac files.  It would be something to consider for the next
> gettext release.

Most users would view such a renaming as a gratuitous hassle; therefore
I'm not doing such a renaming.

Bruno


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