Re: lynx-dev ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_DIVERT_HELP

[pg]

In a recent note, address@hidden said:

> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 20:07:34 -0500 (EST)
> 
> > I feel like I just pulled the thread that was holding everything 
> > together.  I'm afraid to delve too deeply into autoconf.  I think 
> > I'll just comment out everything that doesn't work for the time 
> > being, and post a patch to configure.in when I have one. 
> 
> I'm left with the impression that you don't want to apply my patches

Basically, yes.  I'm already saturated with being the Lynx wizard at
a couple sites; I'm loath to undertake the role of Autoconf wizard
because Lynx depends on unreleased Autoconf <HYPERBOLE> and, who knows,
M4 wizard because Autoconf depends on M4, and GCC wizard because you
need GCC to compile M4 and ... </HYPERBOLE>

> to autoconf.  That's the simplest solution.  I'm using them for
> lynx, ncurses, tin and vile (as well as a number of configure scripts
> that technically don't need the patch).
> 
I wish I had your fortitude,
gil