[gettext] Re: autoconf[2.12]/gettext: AC_LINK_FILES problem

[Bruno Haible]

Thomas Rössler wrote on 1999-01-06:
> autoconf 2.12 implements AC_LINK_FILES on the m4 level.
>
> This makes it impossible to link files conditionally in a clean way.
> gettext.m4 works around this problem using something like
>
>       AC_LINK_FILES($a,$b)
>
> where a and b are unset under certain conditions.  This hack leads
> to problems if it`s applied more than once.  The generated configure
> script will fail miserably.

You are right. Thanks for the report. To work around this problem,
gettext-0.10.37 doesn't use AC_LINK_FILES any more.

Bruno