Re: branch-1_4 trace bug

[Eric Blake]

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According to Eric Blake on 6/5/2006 5:59 AM:
> I noticed that autom4te had a comment complaining about this
> bug, which has since been fixed in CVS head.  It is a one-line fix,
> minus documentation!  Unless I hear objections, I will apply it
> the same time as my other pending tracing patch.

> 
> 2006-06-04  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * src/builtin.c (define_builtin): Trace status of builtins is no
>       longer inherited across define(...,defn(...)).  Fixes bug that
>       autom4te had been working around.
>       * doc/m4.texinfo (Trace): Add test for this.
>       * NEWS: Document this.

FYI: I applied this patch.  There is still a cleanup patch coming (my
recent patch string this morning changed sizeof(symbol) from 36 to 44 on
my machine; the cleanup will make it smaller).

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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