[Freeciv-Dev] Re: the gettext utils problem, continued (was: Success at last with Sound #15)

["Per I. Mathisen" <Per.Inge.Mathisen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Reinier Post wrote:
> I will try to do the proper check this evening.  BTW, there seems to
> be a choice between acinclude.m4 and configure.in as to where to put
> autoconf macros.  Per has even submitted a patch to support separate
> .m4 files for separate checks.  What is the policy on this?

Never put a macro definition in configure.in.

As of now, always put new macros in "acinclude.m4". Then run "aclocal" to
generate "aclocal.m4". Notice how "aclocal.m4" is in "diff_ignore", so
patches won't include it. So remember to tell people to run "aclocal" on
their box when you make a patch that includes new macros.

I'll return to hacking on the build system once the new release is
shipped, as we need to go over to autoconf2.5 soon. But that is going to
painful, since freeciv uses lots of custom hacked, incompatible and
unportable macros.

Yours,
Per

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