# nbow...@elliptictech.com / 2014-07-16 14:33:34 -0400: > On 2014-07-16 17:17 +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > (this is a resend with a proper subject, sorry) > > > > i had some trouble figuring out how to get the include macro inside > > another (parameterized) macro. > [...] > > this fails in configure.ac (autoconf 2.69): > > > > m4_define([nodot], [[\([_0-9a-zA-Z]+\)]]) > > m4_define([reversion], [^nodot\.nodot\.nodot$]) > > m4_define([getver], [regexp($1, reversion, $2)]) > > m4_define([readver], [getver(m4_include($1), [\&])]) > > m4_define([ver], readver([VERSION])) > > > > messages: > > > > aclocal: error: configure.ac:7: file '$1' does not exist > > autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1 > > [...] The problem here is aclocal (part of Automake) which basically > works by grepping a bunch of input files for magic strings (such as > m4_include). > > Unfortunately, as you have just discovered, this method comes with some > severe limitations. I don't think the operation of aclocal is really > discussed in the Automake manual. This is regrettable because it's > easy to run into these problems by accident.
wow, that's a really broken behavior... oh and thank you for the reply, much appreciated! -- roman
