Re: Make AX_DEFINE_DIR obsolete?

[Eric Blake]

On 09/16/2011 03:25 PM, Reuben Thomas wrote:
> Following, a patch to autoconf git head to remove the mention of
> AC_DEFINE_DIR from the manual:
>
> +
> +       docs: remove mention of non-GCS-compliant AC_DEFINE_DIR.
> +       * doc/autoconf.texi (Defining Directories): Update.  The macro was
> +       in any case renamed AX_DEFINE_DIR, and is now obsolete in
> +       autoconf-archive.

I agree that we need to prune text, but think you went too far.

>   @item
> -Use @code{AC_DEFINE} but have @command{configure} compute the literal
> -value of @code{datadir} and others.  Many people have wrapped macros to
> -automate this task; for an example, see the macro @code{AC_DEFINE_DIR} from
> -the @uref{http://@/www.gnu.org/@/software/@/autoconf-archive/, Autoconf Macro
> -Archive}.
> -
> -This solution does not conform to the GNU Coding Standards.

I'd keep this as:

@item
Use @code{AC_DEFINE} but have @command{configure} compute the literal
value of @code{datadir} and others.

This solution does not conform to the GNU Coding Standards.

that is, just remove the mention of the obsolete archive macro.

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