Re: AX_PROG_{PERL, ...} -> (AU) obsoletes both AX_WITH_{PERL, ...} and AX_PROG_{PERL, ...}_VERSION

[Reuben Thomas]

On 5 October 2010 08:44, Francesco Salvestrini <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The thread about obsoleting the long standing AX_WITH_* wrappers made me
> wander into the repository. Since we have AX_PROG_x_VERSION, no AX_PROG_x and
> we're going to obsolete AX_WITH_x (x = PERL, GUILE, PYTHON and RUBY), the
> following approach (implemented as in the attached patch, only for perl macros
> family at the moment) came to mind:
>
> * AX_PROG_PERL         -> introduced (contains a fixed and enhanced version of
> AX_PROG_PERL_VERSION. It accepts both AX_WITH_PERL and AX_PROG_PERL_VERSION
> usages now)
>
> * AX_PROG_PERL_VERSION -> obsoleted by AX_PROG_PERL
>
> * AX_WITH_PERL         -> obsoleted by AX_PROG_PERL

Also, you could usefully compare with ax_lua.m4 (which to my shame I
note does not yet use AX_WITH_PROG, but there are reasons for that).

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