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Re: AC_TRY_EVAL
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Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: AC_TRY_EVAL |
Date: |
Mon, 9 Aug 2010 06:32:05 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2010-04-22) |
Hi Gary,
* Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 05:36:46AM CEST:
> I just ran a grep for all occurrences of AC_TRY_EVAL outside of aclocal.m4,
> and the only places it cropped up - among the (almost 5000) package sources
> we maintain at work - is in libtool.m4.
>
> I think we can safely drop AC_TRY_EVAL without too much ceremony, although
> we'll need something (better!) for Automake and Libtool to use instead, as
> you say.
Well, for one it takes about two years until people upgrade to a Libtool
we release today, for another I would like to introduce more usage of
either AC_TRY_EVAL or a better replacement in Automake *now*.
Thanks,
Ralf