[adding autoconf] On 06/26/2012 09:58 AM, Akim Demaille wrote: > > Le 26 juin 2012 à 17:35, Stefano Lattarini a écrit : > >> This is probably a better idea, yes. This could probably be done by >> enhancing AM_PROG_LEX and defining a similar new AM_PROG_YACC macro. >> Or better again, it could be done directly in AC_PROG_LEX and >> AC_PROG_YACC, so that we could just rely on them in the future >> (in the meantime, we could copy their new definitions in our >> 'm4/' directories, so that the new improved definitions will still >> be accessible to users with older Autoconfs). > > I had sent a message about such macros to Autoconf, but > to no avail. > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2012-04/msg00001.html
Eek - that just shows that I'm really behind on reading my email. Just from reading this summary, the idea of improving AC_PROG_LEX and AC_PROG_YACC to be more useful makes sense, especially if it would make automake easier to maintain. What sort of improvements are needed? > > This initial work leaves in Bison as m4/flex.m4. I know there is > work to do (test, doc etc.), but at least I'd like some feedback. > Then I'll proceed to Yacc/Bison. -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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