Re: [Plplot-devel] plplot_AT under Linux RH 7.3

[Maurice L. <mj...@ga...>]

Maurice LeBrun writes:
 > Alan W. Irwin writes:
 >  > On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Maurice LeBrun wrote:
 >  > >  albeit with the following
 >  > > messages:
 >  > >
 >  > > ged$ ./bootstrap.sh
 >  > > WARNING: Using auxiliary files such as `acconfig.h', `config.h.bot'
 >  > > WARNING: and `config.h.top', to define templates for `config.h.in'
 >  > > WARNING: is deprecated and discouraged.
 >  > >
 >  > > WARNING: Using the third argument of `AC_DEFINE' and
 >  > > WARNING: `AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED' allows to define a template without
 >  > > WARNING: `acconfig.h':
 >  > >
 >  > > WARNING:   AC_DEFINE([NEED_MAIN], 1,
 >  > > WARNING:             [Define if a function `main' is needed.])
 >  > >
 >  > > WARNING: More sophisticated templates can also be produced, see the
 >  > > WARNING: documentation.
 >  > 
 >  > I also get those same messages which appear to be harmless, but I hope somebody
 >  > knows how to get rid of them at some stage.
 > 
 > They're not harmless!  Indicators of a real problem, 

Hmmph.  Well, no, this isn't quite right.  It's true I was able to make one
set of these go away by fixing a very real problem, but another set popped
up.  Bit of complex machinery here I'm afraid.

But I *do* know how to make these (harmless warnings) go away, in theory.
Just need to use that third argument.

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Maurice LeBrun    mj...@ga...
Research Organization for Information Science and Technology of Japan (RIST)