Re: Patch to replace some cpp with autoconf

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>]

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

  > Here is a patch to replace some of the cpp stuff used to generate the
  > Makefiles with autoconf. Is this acceptable for the trunk at this time?
  > 
  > 
  > 2009-08-22  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
  > 
  > 	* configure.in (--with-mmdf, --with-mail-unlink): New options, off by
  > 	default.
  > 	(--with-mailhost): New option to set default POP host.
  > 	(LIBXPM, LIBJPEG, LIBPNG, LIBTIFF, LIBGIF, LIBGPM, LIBS_MAIL)
  > 	(LIBHESIOD, LIBRESOLV, COM_ERRLIB, CRYPTOLIB, KRB5LIB, DESLIB, KRB4LIB):
  > 	New variables, substituted in Makefiles.
  > 	(try_libungif, ac_gif_lib_name): Replace with HAVE_GIF=maybe, LIBGIF.
  > 	(LIBGIF): Use AC_SUBST rather than AC_DEFINE.
  > 	(HAVE_LIBMAIL, HAVE_LIBLOCKFILE, HAVE_LIBCOM_ERR, HAVE_LIBCRYPTO)
  > 	(HAVE_LIBK5CRYPTO, HAVE_LIBKRB5, HAVE_LIBDES425, HAVE_LIBDES)
  > 	(HAVE_LIBKRB4, HAVE_LIBKRB): New AC_DEFINEs.
  > 
  > 	* lib-src/Makefile.in (KRB4LIB, DESLIB, KRB5LIB, CRYPTOLIB, COM_ERRLIB)
  > 	(HESIODLIB, LIBS_MAIL): Set using autoconf rather than cpp.
  > 	(BASE_CFLAGS): Remove (identical to CPP_CFLAGS).
  > 
  > 	* src/Makefile.in (XFT_LIBS, LIBXPM, LIBJPEG, LIBPNG, LIBTIFF, LIBGIF)
  > 	(LIBGPM, LIBRESOLV): Set using autoconf rather than cpp.

Does this allow us to get rid using cpp for lib-src/Makefile.in? (If not
it should be very very close to it).

Any reason this has not been checked in yet?