GNU bug report logs - #12688
AM_PROG_VALAC: error message -> warning message

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Sébastien Wilmet <swilmet <at> gnome.org>

Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:52:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Sébastien Wilmet <swilmet <at> gnome.org>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Cc: latexila-list <at> gnome.org
Subject: AM_PROG_VALAC: error message -> warning message
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:11:55 +0200

Hello,

In the AM_PROG_VALAC macro, when the optional parameter specifying the 
minimum release number is not provided, and if the Vala compiler is not 
found, then there is a _warning_ message.

On the other hand, when the version number is specified, when the Vala 
compiler is too old, there is an _error_ message.

This error message is problematic, because for a tarball, the Vala 
compiler is not required: the generated C code is included in the 
tarball. So if a user wants to compile the software, he shouldn't need 
the valac program.

So the AC_MSG_ERROR should be modified as a AC_MSG_WARN.

Best regards,
Sébastien
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