bug#13378: Cleaning up AC_PROG_CC_C_O semantics

[Stefano Lattarini]

Hi Eric.

On 01/19/2013 03:25 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 01/19/2013 06:10 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> [-cc automake-patches]
>>
>> On 01/16/2013 06:48 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>>> On 01/16/13 04:46, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>>>> Makes sense.  Should I try to implement something along these lines (might
>>>> take a few days), or are you planning to do that yourself (in which case
>>>> I'll avoid the duplicated efforts)?
>>>
>>> I wasn't planning on doing that, so please go ahead.
>>>
>> Here is my attempt.  OK to go in Autoconf 2.70?
> 
> Close, but I have some ideas for improvements.
> 
> [SNIP]
>
All your suggestions sound good, but I won't have time to fix my patch
to accommodate them in the short term.  If you want to take over from
here, feel free to; otherwise, let's put this topic on hold for the
moment.

Thanks,
  Stefano