Re: AM_WITH_REGEX macro

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "John" == John Poltorak <address@hidden> writes:

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 John> retrofit a check for '--with-regex' into an old version
 John> of diff. From what I have read this check is enabled by
 John> the use of regex.m4 by including AM_WITH_REGEX into
 John> configure.in. Would anything else be required?

 John> I notice that this is an automake macro, but the rest are
 John> autoconf macros so would it be recognised by autoconf or
 John> do I need to run automake first?  There is no Makefile.am
 John> in this package. Do I need to create one?

No.  Simply append regex.m4 to your package's aclocal.m4.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz