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Re: configure.ac


From: Akim Demaille
Subject: Re: configure.ac
Date: 16 Dec 2000 17:08:20 +0100
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>>>>> "Gary" == Gary V Vaughan <address@hidden> writes:

Gary> On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 03:29:34PM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote:
>> Would someone see a problem if I adjust Autoconf to support
>> configure.ac in addition to configure.in?  I think `.in' was a very
>> bad name (which in addition introduces an undesirable confusion
>> between autoconf instantiation and config.status instantiation).

Gary> Why not allow both for the next release, but print a warning
Gary> that tells the user configure.in is deprecated when they use it?

I never meant to remove configure.in support, and I think the warning
might even be too much.  But I'd like to have the doc promote
configure.ac.



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