Re: Requirements: configuration test dependencies

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "dv" == Didier Verna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

dv>         Well, that's good news. Given your point of view on
dv> AC_REQUIRE [1], and the fact that the doc says "_suggested_
dv> ordering" about AC_BEFORE,

The doc is accurate until we fix this.

dv> [1] as expressed earlier in this thread:

| dv> However, there is something that I consider as a real bug in the current
| dv> interface: if the macro A requires the macro B, and the macro B is
| dv> present in configure.in after A, A should not just call B. It should
| dv> abort at autoconf time and nicely ask the package writer to switch the
| dv> two calls. 
| 
| akim> I personally don't agree.

I don't see any contradiction :)

        Akim