Re: M4 not working on 32bit Vista

[Eric Blake]

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According to Aaron Gray on 12/17/2008 6:26 AM:
>> Thanks for the reply. GnuWin32.sf.net <http://GnuWin32.sf.net> says
>> version 1.4.12. M4 will not even give a version  number, so its probably
>> something trivial.

My guess is that the bug lies in the initialization of signal handlers,
since that is about the only thing that happens prior to text output in
the --version usage.  One thing I noticed in the gnulib logs is a patch
that happened after m4 1.4.12, which addresses signal handlers on Windows
2008; I'm guessing that it is also relevant to your Vista situation:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2008-10/msg00314.html
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff;h=d8374ab

In which case, my plan to release m4 1.4.13 by the end of this year should
help out.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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