Re: PSA: Autoconf has risen from the dead

On Sun, Jan 23, 2022, at 17:29, Tom Lane wrote:

>While chasing something else, I was surprised to learn that the

>Autoconf project has started to make releases again.  There are

>2.70 (2020-12-08) and 2.71 (2021-01-28) versions available at

>https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/

>

>Right now, I'm not sure we care; there seems to be more

>enthusiasm for switching to meson.  But if that idea falls

>through, we should update to a newer autoconf release.

Speaking of autoconf,

I don't have much experience in this area, but I noted there is

an AC_CACHE_SAVE feature to speed up rerunning ./configure,

necessary when it stops with an error due to some missing dependency.

Is there a good reason why AC_CACHE_SAVE is not used?

/Joel