Re: Problem with symlinks and VPATH Builds

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

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 Paul> Simplify the description of $CDPATH.

:( :( :(

Why replace an illustrated discussion of the isse with `Autoconf
will get it right for you.'?  Why not showing people the
commands they should use outside Autoconf?

I tend to use this part of the Autoconf manual as a bible for
shell portability in general, not only for configure
portability.  I like to read the full solution in the manual,
with comments explaining why other solutions wouldn't work.
Removing this history seems a great lost to me.

Similarly, I used to open the Autoconf manual to copy'n'paste the
expr-emulation of dirname every times I needed it in a script.
Today this has been replaced with `use AS_DIRNAME', with no
explanation why the old "expr" command is not enough.  I agree
this might be a good occasion to start using `autom4te -l M4sh';
however my point is that valuable information is being removed
from the manual.

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz