[sr #111382] AC_PROG_A68 clobbers A68FLAGS

Sam James <[email protected]> Wed, 4 Feb 2026 17:34:59 -0500 (EST)
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ummary: AC_PROG_A68 clobbers A68FLAGS=0A                   Group: Autoconf=
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------------------------------------------------=0ADate: Wed 04 Feb 2026 10=
:34:55 PM UTC By: Sam James <thesamesam>=0AAC_PROG_A68 seems to uncondition=
ally clobber A68FLAGS, ignoring any value set=0Aas an environment variable =
or argument to configure.=0A=0Aconfigure.ac:=0A```=0AAC_INIT([foo],[1.0], [=
[email protected]], [foo], [])=0A=0AAC_PROG_A68=0AAC_OUTPUT=0A```=0A=0A```=0A=
$ autoreconf # from master autoconf.git at=0A31eb3a33b09099298940c9cb192dc0=
790eab113c=0A$ export A68FLAGS=3D"-ggdb3 -O2"=0A$ ./configure=0A$ grep A68F=
LAGS config.log=0Aac_cv_env_A68FLAGS_set=3Dset=0Aac_cv_env_A68FLAGS_value=
=3D'-ggdb3 -O2'=0AA68FLAGS=3D'-g -O2'=0A```=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A    ____=
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