Re: AC_INIT translates PACKAGE to lower case

[Ralf Corsepius]

Am Don, 2002-01-31 um 17.25 schrieb Alexandre Duret-Lutz:
> >>> "Ralf" == Ralf Corsepius <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
>  Ralf> Example:
> 
>  Ralf> Given an autoconf-2.52 and automake-1.5 compatible configure.in:
>  Ralf> ..
>  Ralf> AC_INIT
>  Ralf> ..
>  Ralf> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libXrc, 0.1)
>  Ralf> ..
> 
> To be fair: this syntax is depreciated since Autoconf 2.50.
I know ...

> The current `official' syntax is the following:
> 
> AC_INIT(libXrc, 0.1, address@hidden)
> ..
> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libXrc, 0.1)
This syntax also doesn't expose the "lowercasing" behavior 

AFAIU, automake overrides autoconf's PACKAGE and PACKAGE_TARNAME, but
doesn't seem do so if using the "bleeding edge" syntax.

> Autoconf needs these informations to generate propers banners in
> configure/config.status, autotest test-suites etc.
> 
> Yes, there is some duplication here.  That's why Automake is
> droping its arguments and instead try to get these pieces of
> information from Autoconf.
Because I also knew this, I wanted to give the new syntax a try and was,
well ... surprized.

Ralf