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[sr #107986] autoconf should reject or specifically warn about obviously
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Eric Blake |
Subject: |
[sr #107986] autoconf should reject or specifically warn about obviously wrong configure.ac files |
Date: |
Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:04:10 +0000 |
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Follow-up Comment #1, sr #107986 (project autoconf):
1. AC_INIT is essential, AC_OUTPUT is optional but useful; and makes the most
sense if any AC_CONFIG_ were used. It's probably possible to wire up
something along those lines (for AC_INIT: have the autoconf driver trace
AC_INIT, and error out if the trace was not present; for AC_OUTPUT: have
AC_INIT install an m4_wrap that warns if AC_OUTPUT has not been expanded).
Patches welcome.
Yes, a warning for a trailing space in a package version name or number might
make sense; we can't warn everywhere, and it should not be outright forbidden,
but hopefully the warning will help. Patches welcome.
3. It's hard to pro-actively fix everything, without knowing what sort of
mistakes are being commonly made, and without bloating the tool or slowing it
down for the common and correct use cases.
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