On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 14:34 +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote: > > From: Gaetan Nadon <mems...@videotron.ca> > > Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:42:32 -0400 > > > > > AC_LANG_DEFINES_PROVIDED seems to be only in newer, GPLv3, versions of au= > > toconf ... is there a way around this? > > > > I looked at it yesterday, using AC_LANG_SOURCE should be the right thing > > to do (some examples in the server). I can submit a patch later today if > > no one else beats me to it. You can reset macros a couple of commits > > back to get the build going. > > > > Not related to this problem. but can you elaborate on the issue of GPLv3 > > of autoconf? > > Many people object to the version 3 of the GPL. This includes > companies like Apple, projects like FreeBSD and OpenBSD, the primary > author of the Linux kernel, etc. etc, each for their own reason. My > personal reason is that I don't understand the license anymore. GPLv2 > is written in normal language; GPLv3 is full of lawyer speak.
Thanks, I had not come across any reading on that yet. It looks like a serious issue. > > > We won't be able to remain at the current 2.60 for ever. > > Why not? 2.60 comes with a reasonable complete set of macros. And > you can always write your own macros instead of adopting ones only > available under GPLv3. So as long as it is available, nothing in principle prevent its use.
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