Re: Best practices to detect autoconf version in macro.

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 03/30/2010 04:01 PM, Konstantin Andreev wrote:
> On 03/30/10 17:48, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>
> On 03/30/10 17:48, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > On 03/30/2010 11:13 AM, Konstantin Andreev wrote:
> > > Hello.
> > >
> > > I need to write a macro, which will be expanded by various versions
> > > of autoconf, including 2.13 :(
> > >
> > > Obviously, things, the macro does, must be accomplished differently.
> > >
> > > Could you advice, what is the best way to detect in macro, which
> > > autoconf version is currently expanding, and expand macro
> > > conditionally ?
> > My advice would be to abandon your plan. It's not useful.
>
> I can not choose the autoconf version. The macro is for Mozilla, and
> they stuck at autoconf-2.13, sic!
I can feel the pain, nevertheless ...

> I can only attempt to make a "forward
> compatible" macro.
... I can only reiterate my advice.

... mozilla missed ca. 10 years of development.

Trying to stay bugward-compatible with a piece of software nobody wants 
to look back at, is doomed to fail.

The best approximation of what you can try to make their configuration 
compatible to a very recent version of autoconf and to abandon 
supporting earlier autoconf-versions.

Ralf