Re: configure oddity

[Eric Blake]

On 02/26/2011 05:07 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> How about this patch to diagnose such issues early (test case taken from
> gnulib)?  This way you get an error if you run autoconf, aclocal, or
> automake, anywhere in GCC, and the underlying M4 has the problem.

I like the concept, although I can make it shorter.

Autoconf's m4/m4.m4 needs a similar test.

> 2011-02-26  Ralf Wildenhues  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * override.m4: Error out if a buggy M4 was detected, to
>       avoid spurious diffs in generated files.
> 
> diff --git a/config/override.m4 b/config/override.m4
> index fc2d527..9536009 100644
> --- a/config/override.m4
> +++ b/config/override.m4
> @@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ _GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION_CHECK
>  ])
>  
>  
> +dnl Ensure we do not use a buggy M4.

m4_if(m4_index([..wi.d.], [.d.]), [-1],
  [m4_fatal(...

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