[Privoxy-devel] new windows build system

[Lee]

Hi Fabian,

On 4/30/16, Fabian Keil <fk at fabiankeil.de> wrote:
> Lee <ler762 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 4/28/16, Fabian Keil <fk at fabiankeil.de> wrote:
>> > I've contacted the FSF to ask if they can change the wording of the
>> > exception so it covers Privoxy as well.
>>
>> I'd be surprised if they changed the wording of the GPL.  I wouldn't
>> expect more than an additional FAQ entry to clarify matters.  In any
>> case, please let me know their answer.
>
> I didn't request a change of the GPL itself, but a change of the
> exception they added for config.sub and config.guess. From the header:
>
> # As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
> # distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
> # configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
> # the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that
> # program.  This Exception is an additional permission under section 7
> # of the GNU General Public License, version 3 ("GPLv3").

Did you ever get an answer?

I haven't looked to see what it would take to get current -- maybe
changing our code would be enough??  But it'd be nice to get rid of
all the "obsolete" stuff:
/source/privoxy/current/autom4te.cache
$ grep obsolete traces.0
m4trace:configure.in:280: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [The macro
`AC_MINGW32' is obsolete.
m4trace:configure.in:281: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [The macro
`AC_CYGWIN' is obsolete.
m4trace:configure.in:469: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [The macro
`AC_TRY_LINK' is obsolete.
m4trace:configure.in:515: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [The macro
`AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete.
m4trace:configure.in:515: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [The macro
`AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete.
m4trace:configure.in:515: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [The macro
`AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete.
m4trace:configure.in:559: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [The macro
`AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete.
m4trace:configure.in:559: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [The macro
`AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete.
m4trace:configure.in:559: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [The macro
`AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete.
m4trace:configure.in:602: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [The macro
`AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete.
m4trace:configure.in:620: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [The macro
`AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete.
m4trace:configure.in:789: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [The macro
`AC_TYPE_SIGNAL' is obsolete.
m4trace:configure.in:841: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [The macro
`AC_TRY_LINK' is obsolete.
m4trace:configure.in:852: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [The macro
`AC_TRY_LINK' is obsolete.
m4trace:configure.in:1156: -1- _m4_warn([obsolete], [AC_OUTPUT should
be used without arguments.

Lee