From: David MacKenzie Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 19:43:13 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Note GNU m4 1.0 bugs. X-Git-Tag: fsf-origin~686 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=83fd45d75e975a36b404d4a8339cf87e56eb7cbd;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git Note GNU m4 1.0 bugs. --- diff --git a/autoconf.texi b/autoconf.texi index 0ee948a72..9907f25d1 100644 --- a/autoconf.texi +++ b/autoconf.texi @@ -215,8 +215,9 @@ Autoconf imposes some restrictions on the names of macros used with @code{#ifdef} in C programs (@pxref{Preprocessor Symbol Index}). Autoconf requires GNU @code{m4} in order to generate the scripts. It -uses features that some UNIX versions of @code{m4} do not have; it is -also reported to overflow internal limits of some versions of @code{m4}. +uses features that some UNIX versions of @code{m4} do not have. It also +overflows internal limits of some versions of @code{m4}, including GNU +@code{m4} 1.0; so use a later version of GNU @code{m4}. Autoconf does not work well with GNU C library releases before 1.06. The GNU C library contains stubs (which always return an error) for diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 0ee948a72..9907f25d1 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -215,8 +215,9 @@ Autoconf imposes some restrictions on the names of macros used with @code{#ifdef} in C programs (@pxref{Preprocessor Symbol Index}). Autoconf requires GNU @code{m4} in order to generate the scripts. It -uses features that some UNIX versions of @code{m4} do not have; it is -also reported to overflow internal limits of some versions of @code{m4}. +uses features that some UNIX versions of @code{m4} do not have. It also +overflows internal limits of some versions of @code{m4}, including GNU +@code{m4} 1.0; so use a later version of GNU @code{m4}. Autoconf does not work well with GNU C library releases before 1.06. The GNU C library contains stubs (which always return an error) for