Message-ID: <003801c2b559$f33a0d60$0100a8c0@acp42g>
From: "Andrew Cottrell" <acottrel AT ihug DOT com DOT au>
To: <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
References: <E18VAre-0000gx-00 AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: m4 port: return program name as 'm4' not '/some/path/m4.exe' [PATCH]
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 19:01:54 +1100
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Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

> Below is a patch that makes m4 call itself 'm4' rather
> than e.g.: /dev/env/DJDIR/bin/m4.exe. (All the fileutils do
> a similar thing.)
I will incorporate this patch into the next 2.04 M4 update at clio.

> autoconf 2.57's test suite relies on m4 calling itself 'm4'. Admittedly
> this is not a very good reason for changing the program, but we've done
> a similar thing for fileutils, so why not m4?

If you want someone else to put autoconf 2.57 through it's paces then don't
hesitiate to ask.

Andrew