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According to Ralf Wildenhues on 10/8/2009 3:06 PM:
> I thus propose this patch. Any objections?
>
> Thanks,
> Ralf
>
> 2009-10-08 Bruno Haible
> Ralf Wildenhues
>
> Recommend `sh -n' debugging, and public result variables for ma
Hi Ralf,
> > * doc/autoconf.texi (Debugging): Recommend to use
> > "bash -x -n configure".
>
> Thanks, I completely forgot about -n. What does -x help in conjuction
> with -n though?
A quick test showed me that with current bash, the '-x' is redundant here.
But I've been using "bash -x
Hi Bruno,
* Bruno Haible wrote on Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 02:21:46PM CEST:
> - I like Jim's recommendation to not "requiring users of your macro to
> use the cache variables". What we see in many places in gnulib is that
> a macro has a certain purpose/result, which can be stored in a variable
>
Ralf,
Thanks a *lot* for this patch series. Here are two proposed additions:
- Mention the trick of running "bash -x -n configure" before even trying
to execute the configure script. When the configure script has invalid
shell syntax, this often has the same causes as when autoconf fails
(b
* Eric Blake wrote on Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 06:13:35AM CEST:
> 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
>
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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
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 subjective style suggestions:
> +While in general, @command{configure} scripts generated by Autoconf
> +strive to be
* doc/autoconf.texi (Debugging): New node.
(Top, FAQ): Adjust menus.
Report by Bruno Haible.
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