Re: questions about AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Stepan Kasal wrote on Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 08:21:04PM CEST:
> 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.)

Agreed.

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

Not if tools like libtoolize or `aclocal --install' are allowed to use
this information to store files there.

Cheers,
Ralf