[Python-Dev] autoheader warning for WITH_UNIVERSAL_NEWLINES (original) (raw)

Jack Jansen Jack.Jansen@cwi.nl
Tue, 16 Apr 2002 11:28:32 +0200

Martin, how do I find out about all this autoconf magic? I simply used the code for another configure option (WITH_GC, I think) as a template and modified it for my needs. But I'm really groping in the dark with configure. I've have never heard of autoheader, for instance, and haven't a clue that I should have used it (if I should have, and for what:-)

On Tuesday, April 16, 2002, at 07:56 , Martin v. Loewis wrote:

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes: >>> autoheader: missing template: WITHUNIVERSALNEWLINES >>>>> Sorry, I have no idea why. >>> I see this too. I'm guessing Jack missed some autoconf detail. > Martin? > The "template" is the fragment > /* Define if you want to read files with foreign newlines. */ #undef WITHUNIVERSALNEWLINES > autoheader generates this from the ACDEFINE line. If that is not possible because the ACDEFINE does not provide the docstring, it generates it from acconfig.h. If that is not possible because acconfig.h is not used, it complains (and puts noting into pyconfig.h.in). > The fix for this is > - ACDEFINE(WITHUNIVERSALNEWLINES) + ACDEFINE(WITHUNIVERSALNEWLINES, 1, + [Define if you want to read files with foreign newlines.]) > Committed as configure.in 1.311. > Regards, Martin > P.S. The "1", which is the value this gets if defined, is not strictly necessary. However, explicit is better than implicit.