Re: expand-before-require bug

2009-01-21 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Eric, * Eric Blake wrote on Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:30:05PM CET: So now the question becomes, is it okay to apply this patch for cosmetic reasons, and with a changed summary line? If you prefer so, then sure, why not (both branches). Thanks for fixing up the various projects. Cheers, Ralf

expand-before-require bug

2009-01-20 Thread Eric Blake
I am about to patch autoconf to issue a syntax warning on instances of expanding a macro, then later requiring the same macro, from within the same defun'd body. This is a bug in user code which can lead to silent out-of-order expansion in older autoconf, and which will cause duplicate