Re: Error message doesn't say, "error"

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Alfred M. Szmidt wrote on Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 06:08:58PM CET:
>    >     configure.ac:9: version `sharutils_version' doesn't follow Gnits 
> standards
> 
>    > Where do you get this error from?
> 
>    automake.  See info Automake Gnits.
> 
> I must be missing something utterly obvious,

Line wrapping.  :-)

> but I cannot find it at all:

automake.in-# leading tabs here then we need to make the reader smarter, because
automake.in-# otherwise it will think rules like `foo=bar; \' are errors.
automake.in-my $ASSIGNMENT_PATTERN = '^ *([^ \t=:+]*)\s*([:+]?)=\s*(.*)' . "\$";
automake.in:# This pattern recognizes a Gnits version id and sets $1 if the
automake.in-# release is an alpha release.  We also allow a suffix which can be
automake.in-# used to extend the version number with a "fork" identifier.
automake.in-my $GNITS_VERSION_PATTERN = '\d+\.\d+([a-z]|\.\d+)?(-[A-Za-z0-9]+)?'

automake.in-        {
automake.in-          msg ('error-gnits', $package_version_location,
automake.in-               "version `$package_version' doesn't follow " .
automake.in:               "Gnits standards");
automake.in-        }
automake.in-      if (defined $1 && -f 'README-alpha')
automake.in-        {

>    > I suspect that the check is actually wrong,
> 
>    I'd need to see the configure.ac in order to confirm.
> 
> configure.ac:
> | m4_include([version.m4])
> | AC_INIT([GNU sharutils],[sharutils_version],[sharutils_eaddr])
> 
> version.m4:
> | m4_define([sharutils_version], [4.7.1])
> | m4_define([sharutils_eaddr],   address@hidden)

Oh, that works if you allow m4 traces to see the macro expanded:
  AC_INIT([GNU sharutils],sharutils_version,[sharutils_eaddr])

although this is probably safer instead:
  AC_INIT([GNU sharutils],m4_defn([sharutils_version]),[sharutils_eaddr])

Cheers,
Ralf