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Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS will become obsolescent in Automak
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS will become obsolescent in Automake 1.13 |
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Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:36:35 -0600 |
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On 10/17/2012 04:15 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> See commit 'v1.12.1-165-gcd1a9cc' "aclocal: deprecate ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS,
> trace AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR instead" in the Automake git repository.
>
> See also follow-up discussion at:
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2012-07/msg00010.html>
>
> * doc/autoconf.texi (@node Input @defmac AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS): Adjust.
> (autoreconf Invocation): Warn about the possible future removal of
> ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS support from Automake.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
> ---
> doc/autoconf.texi | 8 +++++---
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
> index 1d80a6d..852ae22 100644
> --- a/doc/autoconf.texi
> +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
> @@ -1816,7 +1816,9 @@ If you want @command{autoreconf} to pass flags that are
> not listed here
> on to @command{aclocal}, set @code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS} in your
> @file{Makefile.am}.
> Due to a limitation in the Autoconf implementation these flags currently
> must be set on a single line in @file{Makefile.am}, without any
> -backslash-newlines.
> +backslash-newlines. Also, be aware that future Automake release might
> +start flagging @code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS} as obsolescent, or even remove
> +support for it.
Context based on my comments of patch 1 may require touching up this hunk.
>
> @c ========================================= Initialization and Output Files.
>
> @@ -2131,8 +2133,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([dir4 dir5])
> should cause the directories to be searched in this order:
> @samp{dir1 dir2 dir3 dir4 dir5}.
>
> -Note that if you use @command{aclocal} from Automake to generate
> address@hidden, you must also set
> +Note that if you use @command{aclocal} from an Automake release prior to
> +1.13 to generate @file{aclocal.m4}, you must also set
> @code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I @var{dir1} [-I @var{dir2} ... -I @var{dirN}]}
> in your top-level @file{Makefile.am}. Due to a limitation in
> the Autoconf implementation of @command{autoreconf}, these include
ACK.
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