Re: autoconf auxdir

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Earnie" == Earnie Boyd <address@hidden> writes:

Earnie> Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>> 
>> On Apr 12, 2001, Akim Demaille <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> > aux means nothing and is not portable.  auxdir is puke puke puke
>> 
>> Agreed.  I still like AC_CONFIG_SUPDIR better than
>> AC_CONFIG_CONFIGDIR or AC_CONFIG_CFGDIR.
>> 

Earnie> I do too.  Akim has already given examples of where the
Earnie> auxiliary directory is used for more than just
Earnie> autoconfiguration so IMHO promoting config/ isn't a fair use
Earnie> of the function.  If you want to promote
Earnie> $ac_config_supdir/config/ as the directory of choice for
Earnie> autoconfiguration files then that is fair use and I would
Earnie> promote that use.  

Hm, I think I'm lost, or we don't talk about the same thing.  I'd like
to promote config/ as the common AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, i.e., using your
vocabulary, $ac_config_supdir (which will remain as $ac_config_auxdir
for backward compatibility) _is_ config.

Earnie> I chose the SUPDIR name based on the denotation of auxiliary
Earnie> so that it would fit the original intention of use.  IMNSHO, I
Earnie> believe that CONFIGDIR or CFGDIR is changing the intended use.

Are we talking about the same thing?  I'm referring to where
mkinstalldirs, config.guess, etc. will be instead of the top level...