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Re: [bug-gnulib] make extensions work with CVS autoconf


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [bug-gnulib] make extensions work with CVS autoconf
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:14:07 -0600
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According to Bruno Haible on 10/2/2006 2:20 PM:
> 
>> OK to apply?
> 
> Yes, but I would put the "# serial 2" line as first line of the file, and
> reindent the contents of extensions.m4.

Done.

>> Plus, it looks like the original extensions.m4 was missing a close quote.
>
> I cannot see where; the current extensions.m4 seems right. The last ])
> in your new extensions.m4 are extraneous.

I was messed up by the # in the AH_VERBATIM, emacs m4 and autoconf
modes need to be taught that quoted strings take precedence over comment
characters, and until they are, the quote-matching algorithm is off by one
on lines containing both a comment character and a close quote.

- --
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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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