autoconf AC_PREREQ ?

[Carlos O'Donell]

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Yann E. MORIN
<yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr> wrote:
> Do you want a patch that renames all configure.in to configure.ac?

This solution.

> Or do you want a patch that adds AC_PREREQ to all configure.in files?

This is not a good solution.

>> Can you quote the autoconf manual describing the naming of
>> "configure.ac" scripts?
>
> From http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html :
>
> 3 Making configure Scripts
> [--SNIP--]
> To create a configure script with Autoconf, you need to write an Autoconf
> input file configure.ac (or configure.in) and run autoconf on it.
> [--SNIP--]

Is there a reference anywhere that configure.ac is the right filename
to use for Autoconf >= some version?

Cheers,
Carlos.