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DATE | 2021-01-21 |
FROM | pluto--- via Discussion list for the autoconf build system
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SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Future plans for Autotools
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From hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Thu Jan 21 15:13:09 2021 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (www2.mrbrklyn.com [96.57.23.82]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A4DA16401E; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:13:09 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com Received: by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5D63916400B; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:12:54 -0500 (EST) Resent-From: Ruben Safir Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:12:54 -0500 Resent-Message-ID: <20210121201254.GC18428-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> Resent-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com X-Original-To: ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E937163FFA for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:41:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost ([::1]:53856 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l2fpZ-0004JO-DG for ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:41:21 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34322) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l2fon-0004GQ-Nm for autoconf-at-gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:40:33 -0500 Received: from agora.rdrop.com ([2607:f678:1010::34]:1400) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l2foi-0002vK-Tb for autoconf-at-gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:40:33 -0500 Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66-at-localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id 10LJeEAG020640; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:40:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pluto-at-agora.rdrop.com) Received: (from uucp-at-localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.14.2/Submit) with UUCP id 10LJeEUX020637; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:40:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pluto-at-agora.rdrop.com) Received: from fbsd81 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA27995; Thu, 21 Jan 21 11:33:49 PST Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:33:32 -0800 To: zackw-at-panix.com, autoconf-at-gnu.org Message-Id: <6009d70c.Ks0wnB83v/H08cRb%pluto-at-agora.rdrop.com> References: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f678:1010::34; envelope-from=pluto-at-agora.rdrop.com; helo=agora.rdrop.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: autoconf-at-gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list From: pluto--- via Discussion list for the autoconf build system Subject: Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Future plans for Autotools X-BeenThere: hangout-at-nylxs.com List-Id: NYLXS Tech Talk and Politics List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Perry Hutchison Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Sender: "Hangout"
Zack Weinberg wrote:
> - A linter for configure.ac and third-party macro libraries. > This wouldn't be any fun to write, because it would have to parse > both M4 and shell, *accurately*, but it would be valuable to every > user of autoconf.
Fortunately, free versions of both parsers already exist (in Gnu M4 and bash, respectively), and extracting either one to enable its standalone use presumably does not require expertise in autotools -- only familiarity with the internals of the respective projects. _______________________________________________ Hangout mailing list Hangout-at-nylxs.com http://lists.mrbrklyn.com/mailman/listinfo/hangout
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