Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> Akim> I don't understand why Automake would not always use
> Akim> AC_CHECK_TOOL(STRIP, strip) in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, just
> Akim> like for any other tool it requires.
>
> This is what the original patch did, however Automake would then
> require config.sub and config.guess for *any* package.
>
> The start of this discussion is here
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/automake/2001-02/msg00317.html
> then in
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/automake/2001-02/msg00583.html
> Tom says he doesn't want to change Automake so that
> AC_CHECK_TOOL won't require config.sub & config.guess, and in
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/automake/2001-02/msg00652.html
> he says that's not the business of Automake to supply a macro
> that does AC_CHECK_TOOL(STRIP, strip).
>
> So actually I think that means the user have to
> AC_CHECK_TOOL(STRIP, strip) in his configure.ac, until Autoconf
> enventually supply an AC_PROG_STRIP macro (then Automake can be
> tweaked to require AC_PROG_STRIP when it encounters
> AC_CANONICAL_HOST).
I understand this, but given that Autoconf is soon to be released too,
since the next generation of Autoconf will not require config.guess
when you use AC_CHECK_TOOL, I can't find any actual problem. What
will happen is that people using 1.5 + 2.13 will have configure want
config.guess. People using 1.5 + 2.50 will not face the issue.
So, is this really an issue?
