bug#9026: [PATCH] aclocal: handle ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable

[Stefano Lattarini]

On Tuesday 20 September 2011, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 09/20/2011 02:09 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> >> Yeah, I think the problem is that in the normal search path (from
> >> `aclocal -I /foo -I /bar'):
> >>
> >>     1. `/foo'
> >>
> >>     2. `/bar'
> >>
> >>     3. ACDIR-APIVERSION
> >>
> >>     4. ACDIR
> >>
> >> The directories from dirlist and ACLOCAL_PATH should go after (3),
> >> rather than after (4).
> >
> > But this is what they currently do (see test 
> > `aclocal-path-precedence.test').
> 
> Interesting, that's not what is in (automake.info)Macro Search Path.
>
OK, you're right; stuff from `dirlist' goes after that in ACDIR, but stuff
from ACLOCAL_PATH goes before it (as it should IMHO).

We definitely want to clean this all up in 1.12 -- code, documentation and
testsuite as well.
 
Thanks,
  Stefano