On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 11:15:40AM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 03 May 2002 12:58:10 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > > Recently I have a problem with autoconf/configure. This is > > probably caused by updating the system: > > > > m4-1.4o-76 > > automake-1.4_p5-44 > > autoconf-2.52-44 > > I think it is a time to make autoconf-2.52 (or maybe 2.53?) a requirement > and start to use its features and bug fixes over autoconf-2.13. > > I am not sure yet about m4, I should see first how compatible are m4-1.4, > m4-1.4o and m4-1.4.1. > > > With "./configure --help" I get lines like these for the configure > > options that use the smr_SWITCH macro in acinclude.m4: > > > > --enable-command-log substr( , 11) enable command logging > > --enable-debug-msgs substr( , 10) enable debugging messages > > --disable-multipixmap-titles substr( , 18) disable fancy > > pixmap ti > > > > The responsible code from acinclude.m4: > > AC_DEFUN(smr_SWITCH, [ > > AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to enable $2) > > AC_ARG_ENABLE( > > $1, > > ifelse($3, on, > > [ --disable-[$1]substr([ ], len([$1])) disable > > [$2]], > > [ --enable-[$1] substr([ ], len([$1])) enable > > [$2]]), > > ... > > > > It seems that the substr() m4 macro inside the ifelse() macro is > > no longer expanded but taken literally. I could not find a way to > > make the expansion work again. > > I will take a look at it after I get a chance to upgrade. > Currently you may remove substr(...) completely if it creates problems.
Well, it's not really a serious problem. The 'substr(...)' part is simply displayed in the help message. Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LifeBits Aktiengesellschaft, Albrechtstr. 9, D-72072 Tuebingen fon: ++49 (0) 7071/7965-0, fax: ++49 (0) 7071/7965-20 -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
