[BRLTTY] Building with Autoconf 2.62
Dave Mielke
dave at mielke.cc
Thu Sep 11 07:32:15 EDT 2008
[quoted lines by Stepan Kasal on 2008/09/10 at 18:34 +0200]
>Unfortunately, Autoconf version 2.62 does not support this.
Do you know which precise release introduces the change?
Is it sufficient to check if AS_HELP_STRING is defined in order to know if the
newer or the older method should be used?
>Is this acceptable for you? If yes, just use the patch.
>If not, the patch has to be extended so that it uses the right form
>according to the version of Autoconf.
Would it be possible for you to write the extended patch so that it'll work
both ways? I'd give it a try except that I don't have the newer autoconf here
(yet) for testing.
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