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Re: autoconf AC_PREREQ ?
- From: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at systemhalted dot org>
- To: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann dot morin dot 1998 at anciens dot enib dot fr>
- Cc: libc-help at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 15:58:48 -0400
- Subject: Re: autoconf AC_PREREQ ?
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On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Yann E. MORIN
<yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr> wrote:
> Do you want a patch that renames all configure.in to configure.ac?
This solution.
> Or do you want a patch that adds AC_PREREQ to all configure.in files?
This is not a good solution.
>> Can you quote the autoconf manual describing the naming of
>> "configure.ac" scripts?
>
> From http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html :
>
> 3 Making configure Scripts
> [--SNIP--]
> To create a configure script with Autoconf, you need to write an Autoconf
> input file configure.ac (or configure.in) and run autoconf on it.
> [--SNIP--]
Is there a reference anywhere that configure.ac is the right filename
to use for Autoconf >= some version?
Cheers,
Carlos.