Re: if (...) then; AC_PROG_CC else AC_PROG_CC fi doesn't work?

[Brooks Moses]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Eric Blake wrote on Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 12:13:44AM CEST:
> > You can try using AS_IF instead of raw shell 'if' for wrapping the
> > AC_PROG_CC calls, since the purpose of AS_IF is to output a shell
> > conditional AND correctly handle side effects of macros within that
> > shell conditional.
>
> Well, the AC_REQUIRE'd macros of the wrapped macro (AC_PROG_CC) will be
> placed outside the shell conditional with AS_IF.  This may or may not
> have the effect that is desired.  Especially, I don't think it will work
> with AC_PROG_CC.

I just now confirmed that it indeed doesn't work; the following still 
gives the same problems as before:

AC_INIT
AC_ARG_ENABLE(foo)
AS_IF([test "$enable_foo"],
[ echo "enabled"
  AC_PROG_CC([gcc])
],
[ echo "disabled"
  AC_PROG_CC
])

Thanks,
- Brooks