[PATCHES] Better error messages if obsolete macros are used (was: Re: [PATCH] build: use AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, not AM_CONFIG_HEADER)

[Stefano Lattarini]

[-cc automake, -cc bug-sed, +cc automake-patches]

Reference:
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-12/msg00039.html>

I wrote:
>
> At any rate, I agree the error message caused by the abrupt removal
> is horrible.  I'll soon post a patch to have still-exiting uses of
> AM_CONFIG_HEADER give a clear error message (as is done for the
> AM_C_PROTOTYPES since Automake 1.12).  Making that fix quickly
> available will be a good reason for a 1.13.1 release.
> 
Attached are a couple of patches for maint, one about AM_CONFIG_HEADER,
and the other about AM_PROG_CC_STDC.  I will push shorty.  I'll also
have to write a similar patch about AM_PROG_MKDIR_P (for master, as
this macro is only deprecated in 1.13, and will be removed in 1.14).

Regards,
  Stefano

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