Hello, * NightStrike wrote on Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:08:49AM CEST: > (autoconf 2.63, automake 1.11) > > Why is AS found with AM_PROG_AS instead of AC_PROG_AS? Why is this an > automake thing and not an autoconf thing?
I can only guess that it's historical reasons, same with AM_PROG_GCJ. Also, both of these macros do not really address portability issues in the tools, they merely set some variables and adjust Automake's dependency tracking accordingly. One problem with doing a true portable AC_PROG_AS is that the assembler dialect can not be abstracted away, so the developer will have to delimit herself anyway, or provide several variants of a file. In the end, the gains seem limited. Cheers, Ralf
