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Bug#15626: marked as done (automake: Automake's macros cause autoheader to die (fwd))

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regarding automake: Automake's macros cause autoheader to die (fwd)
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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: autoconf
Version: N/A

The following was a message discussing a problem with automake and
autoheader.  Could you apply the fix recomended to acconfig.h in autoconf?

-- 
Scott K. Ellis <storm@gate.net>                 http://www.gate.net/~storm/

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: 04 Dec 1997 11:16:46 -0500
From: François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Kevin Dalley <kevin@rahul.net>
Cc: automake@gnu.org, storm@gate.net, 14112-forwarded@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: automake: Automake's macros cause autoheader to die

Kevin Dalley <kevin@rahul.net> writes:

> The following bug has been reported to the Debian release of
> automake-1.2.  Please keep the "cc" headers for bug tracking.

> When running autoheader on a configure.in that includes some automake
> macros, autoheader complains about symbols [PACKAGE and VERSION] it
> can't deal with.  It then fails to generate an output file.

The symbols have to be preannounced in `acconfig.h', like this:


/* Define to the name of the distribution.  */
#undef PACKAGE

/* Define to the version of the distribution.  */
#undef VERSION


This is documented in the Autoconf manual, but it might be a good idea
that the Automake manual also insists a bit about adding such lines to
`acconfig.h'.

> I'm not sure if this is a bug with autoconf or automake, but
> autoconf/autoheader works fine without it.

I do not think it should be considered as a bug, except maybe against
the Automake documentation.

`autoconf'/`autoheader' behaviour does not restrict what `automake'
could do or need: these are different packages, even if good friends.
So, I do not understand the argument, if any.

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Version: 2.13-69+rm

Dear submitter,

as the package autoconf2.13 has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1081135

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
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