Re: autoconf-2.69c released [beta]

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 30 Sep 2020, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> In particular, the AC_*_IFELSE macros have been available since
> version 2.55, which was released in 2002(!)

Well, this configure script was first implemented in 1996 to replace 
something called 'imake'.  I am sure that there must be many more 
things to improve in it since (given an existing huge work-load) I 
don't actively re-visit the Autoconf documentation and the script to 
see what should be changed to modernize it.  I do know that it should 
have a lot more quoting.

> > Under OpenIndiana I still get 6 test failures.
>
> Are these test failures of GraphicsMagick's test suite, or of
> autoconf's own test suite?  I don't have access to an OpenIndiana
> system but I would still be interested in more detail.  If it's
> autoconf's own testsuite, a tarball of `tests/testsuite.dir` in the
> build tree is usually enough information for me to figure out what's
> wrong.

These are Autoconf test suite failures.  You should still have access 
to an OpenIndiana system since I see that you last accessed my 
OpenIndiana system on August 4th!.  Access for yourself and Paul 
Eggert has not been taken away.

Bob
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