Re: [PATCH] {maint} Document in detail some limitations of aclocal.

2010-11-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Friday 05 November 2010, Gary V wrote: Hi Stefano, Stefano Lattarini wrote: +Due to both intrinsic and historical reasons, @command{aclocal} is +far from perfect. The most noteworthy limitation, which macro authors +and @command{aclocal} users should always be aware of, is that

[PATCH] {maint} Document in detail some limitations of aclocal. (was: Re: Strangeness with m4_include and aclocal.)

2010-11-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Thursday 28 October 2010, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On Wednesday 27 October 2010, Nick Bowler wrote: On 2010-10-23 15:23 +0200, Stefano Lattarini wrote: So I think your first problem is just an aclocal limitation we should resign to live with. But I also think that such a limitation

Re: [PATCH] {maint} Document in detail some limitations of aclocal. (was: Re: Strangeness with m4_include and aclocal.)

2010-11-04 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2010-11-04 20:47 +0100, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On Thursday 28 October 2010, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On Wednesday 27 October 2010, Nick Bowler wrote: On 2010-10-23 15:23 +0200, Stefano Lattarini wrote: So I think your first problem is just an aclocal limitation we should resign

Re: [PATCH] {maint} Document in detail some limitations of aclocal.

2010-11-04 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2010-11-04 22:28 +0100, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On Thursday 04 November 2010, Nick Bowler wrote: On 2010-11-04 20:47 +0100, Stefano Lattarini wrote: +AC_DEFUN([MY_DEFUN], [m4_apply([AC_DEFUN], [$1], [$2])]) This is insufficiently quoted, it should be:

Re: [PATCH] {maint} Document in detail some limitations of aclocal.

2010-11-04 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello, * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 08:47:47PM CET: I've gone ahead and documented this non-obvious limitation, and another similar one regarding AC_DEFUN. See the attached patch. Ralf, ok to apply to maint? There are a couple of things I don't like with the principle