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Re: AM_INCLUDE is a bad name.


From: Akim Demaille
Subject: Re: AM_INCLUDE is a bad name.
Date: 07 Feb 2001 12:13:41 +0100
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Alexandre Oliva <address@hidden> writes:

> On Feb  6, 2001, Akim Demaille <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Don't go that way!  AC_PREREQ.
> 
> It won't let you define fallbacks for older releases, which is exactly
> the point.  ifdef, as you proposed, is the way to go.

I think there is some confusion on what we are discussing about.

I am referring to other applications depending upon Autoconf such as
Automake, for which it is perfectly reasonable to require a version of
Autoconf which is released.  In this case AC_PREREQ is just what we
want, and we don't want to play with tests on the version numbers.

You require a version, and if nonetheless you need some specific
macro of the bleeding edge Autoconf, then ifdef is good.

That's why I'm referring to the pair AC_PREREQ/ifdef.

As far as individual tools are concerned, they just have to provide
backward compatibility, that's for sure.



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