On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Ralf Hemmecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Gaby,
>
> In configure.ac, I find
>
> AC_CHECK_PROGS([MAKE], [make], AC_MSG_ERROR([Make utility missing.])])
>
> but have you looked at the resulting file "configure"? The code then
> looks like
>
> test -n "$MAKE" || MAKE="{ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: Make utility
> missing." >&5
> echo "$as_me: error: Make utility missing." >&2;}
> { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }"
>
> which doesn't look right to me. There is a double-quoted string inside a
> double-quoted string. I am sure sh does not treat that correctly.
>
> In GCC configure.ac they have something like...
>
> MISSING=`cd $ac_aux_dir && ${PWDCMD-pwd}`/missing
> AC_CHECK_PROGS([YACC], ['bison -y' byacc yacc], [$MISSING bison -y])
>
> Shouldn't we do the same? You even have already included the script
> "config/missing" into the repository.
>
> Ralf
No, I almost never read `configure'. Yes, we should be using the
`missing' script which
is there that purpose -- this is what you get with leaving with history.
-- Gaby
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