Re: using git Libtool with Autoconf 2.59, Automake 1.9.6

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:27:12PM CEST:
> On 21 Aug 2010, at 12:06, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > I tried running the Libtool test suites with old Autoconf 2.59 and
> > Automake 1.9.6 (on GNU/Linux only) after 'autoreconf -fvi'-ing all
> > but the toplevel directory with those tools.  I was surprised to see
> > that it still works more or less!  :-)
> > 
> > This patch fixes the fall-out.  OK to push if the use of $at_status is
> > sanctioned?
> > <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.patches/7323>
> 
> Nice catch!  I have no idea about at_status, but pending that please
> do push.

Pushed now, under the provisional OK from Paul on autoconf-patches.
(If Autoconf does change later, then we're still not worse off than we
were before the patch, because at_status is only examined in the failure
case anyway.)

Thanks for the speedy review!
Ralf