Re: questions about AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 01:42:41PM -0400, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> [...] And yes, bailing out in configure's execution if the directory
> isn't present, but then never touch the directory again, isn't contributing
> to clarify anything either. :-)

I agree with this, configure should not check for the existence of
the directory.  (It would be a job for distcheck.)

Moreover, I do not think it makes sense to specify an absolute
directory there.

Patch attached, OK to commit?

Stepan

autoconf-20060912-aux-dirs.patch
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