From: Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:45:05 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: * acgeneral.m4 (_AC_SH_QUOTE): Issue an `obsolete' warning for use
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X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e7ee56216ecf0589662d14f25d47cf35a2d88fbd;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git

* acgeneral.m4 (_AC_SH_QUOTE): Issue an `obsolete' warning for use
of backquotes, instead of a `syntax' warning.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 75f4f4d5a..1668d5e01 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-10-12  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
+
+	* acgeneral.m4 (_AC_SH_QUOTE): Issue an `obsolete' warning for use
+	of backquotes, instead of a `syntax' warning.
+
 2000-10-12  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
 
 	* acgeneral.m4 (AC_VAR_IN_INDIR, AC_VAR_IF_SET): Rename as...
diff --git a/acgeneral.m4 b/acgeneral.m4
index b3660af43..28ceef501 100644
--- a/acgeneral.m4
+++ b/acgeneral.m4
@@ -2790,10 +2790,13 @@ define([_AC_SH_QUOTE_IFELSE],
 # --------------------
 # If there are quoted (via backslash) backquotes do nothing, else
 # backslash all the quotes.
+# FIXME: In a distant future (2.51 or +), this warning should be
+# classified as `syntax'.  It is claissified as `obsolete' to ease
+# the transition (for Libtool for instance).
 define([_AC_SH_QUOTE],
 [_AC_SH_QUOTE_IFELSE([$1],
                      [patsubst([$1], [\([`""]\)], [\\\1])],
-                     [AC_DIAGNOSE([syntax],
+                     [AC_DIAGNOSE([obsolete],
            [backquotes and double quotes should not be backslashed in: $1])dnl
 $1])])
 
diff --git a/lib/autoconf/general.m4 b/lib/autoconf/general.m4
index b3660af43..28ceef501 100644
--- a/lib/autoconf/general.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/general.m4
@@ -2790,10 +2790,13 @@ define([_AC_SH_QUOTE_IFELSE],
 # --------------------
 # If there are quoted (via backslash) backquotes do nothing, else
 # backslash all the quotes.
+# FIXME: In a distant future (2.51 or +), this warning should be
+# classified as `syntax'.  It is claissified as `obsolete' to ease
+# the transition (for Libtool for instance).
 define([_AC_SH_QUOTE],
 [_AC_SH_QUOTE_IFELSE([$1],
                      [patsubst([$1], [\([`""]\)], [\\\1])],
-                     [AC_DIAGNOSE([syntax],
+                     [AC_DIAGNOSE([obsolete],
            [backquotes and double quotes should not be backslashed in: $1])dnl
 $1])])