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> There is no point to M4 and it could be removed compatibly by replacement with shell functions. Autoconf has been using shell functions since 2008 (support a
by bonzini 6y ago
> There is no point to M4 and it could be removed compatibly by replacement with shell functions.
Autoconf has been using shell functions since 2008 (support added by me :)). M4 is used to properly handle dependencies between tests and to store information that is used later when generating files.