[sr #111044] autoconf should assert existence of all subsidiary tools at startup

2024-05-10 Thread Zack Weinberg
Update of sr #111044 (group autoconf): Status: Need Info => Confirmed ___ Follow-up Comment #4: Copying conversation from bug-autoconf: Frank Eigler: > On the other hand, we've had very real

Re: [sr #111044] autoconf should assert existence of all subsidiary tools at startup

2024-05-10 Thread Frank Ch. Eigler
Hi - > Frank, do you have details of those real platforms with missing diff? > As I wrote in , it's > difficult to implement this kind of sanity check without access to an > environment that *fails* this kind of sanity check. I could set one up

Re: [sr #111044] autoconf should assert existence of all subsidiary tools at startup

2024-05-10 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Mon, Apr 1, 2024, at 5:26 PM, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 05:10:17PM -0400, Paul Eggert wrote: >> [...] >> Not sure I'd go that far. The >> [https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Utilities-in-Makefiles.html GNU >> Coding Standards for utilities in makefiles] lists