Re: AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52

[Stefan Seefeld]

Tom Tromey wrote:


> Stefan> Now people are using it, and you just tell them to rewrite
> Stefan> their build system in order to be able to use the new version.
> Stefan> That's bad practice.
>
> The rule in autoconf always was that if it wasn't documented in the
> manual, then it was private.


The reality with autoconf always was that documentation was, uhm, sparse 
(to use an euphemism), so if ever you wanted something non-trivial, you 
*had to* read the code in order to figure out how to work around problems.

Regards,
                Stefan