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author | Volker Stolz <vs@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-07-16 14:54:28 +0000 |
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committer | Volker Stolz <vs@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-07-16 14:54:28 +0000 |
commit | 74fd89ef1ef077ddc83f79f4f8e0d393d7950496 (patch) | |
tree | 9d5be6cde49bbe909b195af588f86be2d51c7d4b /devel/m4/pkg-descr | |
parent | d14b50236c7a426b345f5c9fcf21681c380c68ca (diff) |
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diff --git a/devel/m4/pkg-descr b/devel/m4/pkg-descr index a548fda095a8..f42b8550e548 100644 --- a/devel/m4/pkg-descr +++ b/devel/m4/pkg-descr @@ -2,22 +2,6 @@ processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although it has some extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to macros). `m4' also has builtin functions for including files, running -shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. Autoconf needs GNU `m4' for -generating `configure' scripts, but not for running them. +shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. - GNU `m4' was originally written by Rene Seindal, with subsequent -changes by Franc,ois Pinard and other volunteers on the Internet. All -names and email addresses can be found in the file `THANKS' from the -GNU `m4' distribution. - - This is release 1.3. It is now to be considered stable, future -releases are only meant to fix bugs, increase speed, or improve -documentation. However... - - An experimental feature, which would improve `m4' usefulness, allows -for changing the syntax for what is a "word" in `m4'. You should use: - ./configure --enable-changeword - -if you want this feature compiled in. The current implementation slows -down `m4' considerably and is hardly acceptable. So, it might go away, -do not count on it yet. +WWW: http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/m4.html |