On 2012-11-13 22:37 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 02:44:08PM -0500, Nick Bowler wrote: > > On 2012-11-13 20:51 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > libtool will access the same information through a new way that has been > > > implemented by this patch. > > > > But the old way will have to stick around for compatibility with older > > packages that have not been updated to the New Way. So since we have to > > keep the old way around anyway, why not just continue to use the old way > > for old packages? > >... > > Wrong. > > libtool does not have to support the old way of manually searching for > AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR in the future, if it requires autoconf >= 2.70 it > can use the new way of tracing AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR_TRACE exclusively > even for old packages.
No, it cannot use AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR_TRACE exclusively, since not all packages use AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR in the first place! Cheers, -- Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)
