Subject: bug#6508: closed (Re: bug#6508: cleanup: remaining uses of the preprocessor in the configuration mechanism)

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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:02:02 +0000

Your bug report

#6508: cleanup: remaining uses of the preprocessor in the configuration mechanism

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#6508: cleanup: remaining uses of the preprocessor in the configuration mechanism
From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:01:39 -0400
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Dan Nicolaescu wrote:

> There's still some remaining preprocessor use in configure.in,
> specifically the configure___ lines. It would be good if those would
> be eliminated too.

OK, done. I will trade you bug#6538.

Subject: cleanup: remaining uses of the preprocessor in the configuration mechanism
From: Dan Nicolaescu <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:04:09 -0400
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The C preprocessor is not used anymore to generate Makefiles anymore.
Thanks Glenn!!! this deserves some cheers!

There's still some remaining preprocessor use in configure.in, specifically the
configure___ lines.   It would be good if those would be eliminated too.