This was almost two years ago, the problem that not all m4 support -s. Is this
still the case, or can I just close this ticket without looking further?
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Mon Feb 28 01:23:34 2005]:
>
> On Sun 27 Feb 2005 at 01:10:02 +0100, Richard Levitte via RT wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sat Mar 08 12:23:05 2003]:
> > > I noticed in ctwm 3.6 that m4 was not used in a portable manner. Not
> > all
> > > m4s know about -s. I propose something like the following patch:
> >
> > Which m4s do not support -s? Are replacable with GNU m4?
>
> At least NetBSD's m4 up to the current release (2.0) does not know -s.
> The user could install GNU m4 but then it would still only work if it
> were first in $PATH, which can in turn lead to mysteriously different
> behaviour between different users.
>
> It's all a pity since the -s option seems really useful. I'm not quite
> sure myself what to do.
>
> -Olaf.
>
>
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