From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22556: 25.0.90; autogen.sh automatic parameter isn't working Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:41:03 -0500 Message-ID: <3h9hnt5qo.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <56B395DA.5020108@porkrind.org> <56B411A4.1090107@porkrind.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1454694138 16632 80.91.229.3 (5 Feb 2016 17:42:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 17:42:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22556@debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert To: David Caldwell Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 05 18:42:08 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aRkOU-0002sz-HI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 18:42:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49688 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aRkOU-0002VE-0A for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:42:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59913) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aRkOQ-0002V7-Py for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:42:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aRkOQ-0002Ia-1G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:42:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:54277) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aRkOP-0002IW-UH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:42:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aRkOP-0002w4-Pu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:42:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:42:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22556 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22556-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22556.145469409511250 (code B ref 22556); Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:42:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22556) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Feb 2016 17:41:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34633 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aRkNz-0002vO-5g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:41:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:40578) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aRkNy-0002vB-Bf for 22556@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:41:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aRkNs-0002Dk-Bl for 22556@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:41:29 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:56441) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aRkNV-0002CH-Gy; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:41:05 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aRkNU-0003Ao-7z; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:41:04 -0500 X-Spook: bce USSS AK-47 Hugo Chavez Albright Law enforcement Toxic X-Ran: yA\@Gsxlx5~{\Bethw;V!|9in]9}m<]%CuUHd|#Z2(r;!F-x8.BpRKAT8WFkdjdmn"!9h" X-Hue: cyan X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <56B411A4.1090107@porkrind.org> (David Caldwell's message of "Thu, 4 Feb 2016 19:06:12 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:112509 Archived-At: David Caldwell wrote: >> The autoconf manual says that this is portable to all shells that >> support functions, so it should be fine, since autogen.sh uses >> functions. > > Sorry, were you referring to "${*-autoconf}" or "${*:-autoconf}" being > portable? I meant that your patch should be fine to apply. But AFAICS at the next merge from emacs-25 the relevant code will all disappear anyway. Or there will be a merge conflict. (BTW, please try to put the right version number in the subject. I thought this report was about the emacs-25 branch, but it seems it wasn't.)