gcc 3.2's cpp breaks configure scripts

[Kevin Handy]

Kai Henningsen wrote:

>matz@suse.de (Michael Matz)  wrote on 31.07.02 in <Pine.LNX.4.33.0207311553070.31138-100000@wotan.suse.de>:
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>>On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
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>>>Well... Having used autoconf/automake only _once_ myself, I can tell
>>>that it's quite hard to work with it. I've not really understood its
>>>concepts, I've not really found good/comprehensive documentation.
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>>Although this gets OT quickly, autoconf and automake come with extensive
>>documentation in form of info pages.
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>Yeah, but those docs are much better as a reference than as a tutorial.  
>IMAO, they are pretty much useless as a tutorial.
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>And if you look at existing uses, that certainly shows lots and lots of  
>pure cargo-cult programming. I'd say that by far most autoconf users don't  
>understand their tool.
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>MfG Kai
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There is a book on autoconf and automake

> http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/

It's a couple of years old though.