Re: [PATCH 4/5] Documentation of specific and general cache variables.

2009-09-15 Thread Paolo Bonzini
+The result of this macro is cached in the @code{ac_cv_working_alloca_h} +variable. That doesn't match our conventions, it seems like ac_cv_header_alloca_works might be nicer. If we document this one, we are stuck with the name. I think we already are stuck with the existing names for all c

Re: [PATCH 3/5] New cache variable index in the manual.

2009-09-15 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 09/16/2009 06:16 AM, Eric Blake wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Ralf Wildenhues on 9/13/2009 2:33 AM: * doc/autoconf.texi: Define new index `CA' for cache variables. (caindex): New macro. (Cache Variable Index): New appendix node. (Top, Indices): Adjust menu

Re: [PATCH 5/5] Use consistent notation for cache variables.

2009-09-15 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Ralf Wildenhues on 9/13/2009 2:36 AM: > * doc/autoconf.texi (Generic Programs): Remove `$' before > variable name. Good to go. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake e...@byu.net -BEGIN PGP

Re: [PATCH 4/5] Documentation of specific and general cache variables.

2009-09-15 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Ralf Wildenhues on 9/13/2009 2:36 AM: > * doc/autoconf.texi (Default Includes, Alternative Programs) > (Particular Programs, Generic Programs, Files, Libraries) > (Function Portability, Particular Functions, Generic Functions) > (Particula

Re: [PATCH 3/5] New cache variable index in the manual.

2009-09-15 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Ralf Wildenhues on 9/13/2009 2:33 AM: > * doc/autoconf.texi: Define new index `CA' for cache variables. > (caindex): New macro. > (Cache Variable Index): New appendix node. > (Top, Indices): Adjust menus. > (Cache Variable Names, Site Defa

Re: [PATCH 2/5] New FAQ node: Debugging.

2009-09-15 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Jim Meyering on 9/13/2009 1:36 PM: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > ... >> +...@node Debugging >> +...@section Debugging @command{configure} scripts > > Nice tips! > I've proposed an addition to one of your lists > and made a few very subjectiv

Re: [PATCH 1/5] Document AM_MAKEFLAGS workaround to the macro override problem.

2009-09-15 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Ralf Wildenhues on 9/13/2009 2:31 AM: > * doc/autoconf.texi (Macros and Submakes): Automake makefiles > provide AM_MAKEFLAGS to help with overriding macros in submake > invocations. Good to go. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time fo

Re: [PATCH] AC_INIT: Use correct value for PACKAGE_TARNAME

2009-09-15 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Jim Meyering on 9/15/2009 12:26 PM: > $ grep PACKAGE_TARNAME configure > PACKAGE_TARNAME='-autoconf-' > ... > > But how did that get there? Oops - when I was checking for uses of m4_tolower/m4_toupper in my recent patch, I obviousl

[PATCH] AC_INIT: Use correct value for PACKAGE_TARNAME

2009-09-15 Thread Jim Meyering
Hi, I was surprised to find that the latest from autoconf's master branch (v2.64-47-ge5ddeae) fails a simple "make dist": $ make dist { test ! -d "-autoconf--2.64.47-e5dd" || { find "-autoconf--2.64.47-e5dd" -type d ! -perm -200 -exec chmod u+w {} ';' && rm -fr "-autoconf--2.64.47-e5dd"

Re: Autoconf testsuite and cross toolchains: configure_options

2009-09-15 Thread Romain Lenglet
On Monday 14 September 2009 01:54:46 Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hrmpf. > > > ## Test that the lib path detection really detected a directory: > > -if test "$ERLANG_LIB_DIR_stdlib" != "not found" \ > > +if test "$ERLANG_LIB_DIR_stdlib" != "no" \ > > Please consider this particular line unchanged, thi

Re: DJGPP support in Autoconf

2009-09-15 Thread Andris Pavenis
13.09.2009 22:38, Eli Zaretskii kirjoitti: Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:12:30 +0200 From: Ralf Wildenhues Cc: autoconf-patches@gnu.org, Rugxulo, Reuben Thomas Hello Eli, all, Added the DJGPP developers list to the addressees. (Will forward the original message in a moment.) we've recen