PACKAGE_STRING

[christian]

 Hello,

I use autoconf 2.59...

AC_INIT generates a PACKAGE_STRING preprocessor variable which includes a blank 
between the package name and its version. When not using a config.h, but 
letting the Makefile use -D switches for the preprocessor variables, the POSIX 
shell under HP UX 11.00 complains:

 f95 -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"f90_preproc\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"f90_preproc\" 
-DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"0.1\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"f90_preproc\ 0.1\" 
-DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"address@hidden" -DPACKAGE=\"f90_preproc\" 
-DVERSION=\"0.1\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=  -I. -I.     -g -c -o sub.o sub.F90
Unrecognised file suffix .1"

(the problem is related to the -DPACKAGE_STRING=...) I guess it's a problem 
with the shell implementation on that platform; it works well on other 
platforms I've tried. One way around it is to use the older syntax, as this 
leaves the PACKAGE_* variables as empty strings. This certainly isn't  the best 
way to go, or ist it? Of course, I could also make use of a config.h, but I 
just don't see the point in adding a config.h for the only file that requires 
preprocessing, simply because one OS has a buggy shell.

Is it possible to disable the output of the PACKAGE_* variables, or change them?

Thanks a lot,

 Christian.






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