[PATCH 0/3] Modernize header checks, v2

2013-09-06 Thread Zack Weinberg
This patch series does three notionally independent, but closely-related, things. First, it switches AC_CHECK_HEADER[S] to do only a compile test by default. This completes the transition begun in Autoconf 2.56. It has been my experience that basically nobody bothered to disable the "mongrel" mo

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Modernize header checks, v2

2013-09-07 Thread Paul Eggert
Zack Weinberg wrote: > One remaining wart is that autoupdate > replaces AC_HEADER_STDC with an overt invocation of > _AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT_REQUIREMENTS. I couldn't find an AU_DEFUN > construct that didn't expose this internal macro but would still DTRT > both before and after an autoupdate run. Id

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Modernize header checks, v2

2013-09-07 Thread Zack Weinberg
On 2013-09-07 10:06 AM, Paul Eggert wrote: Zack Weinberg wrote: One remaining wart is that autoupdate replaces AC_HEADER_STDC with an overt invocation of _AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT_REQUIREMENTS. I couldn't find an AU_DEFUN construct that didn't expose this internal macro but would still DTRT both bef