Re: AC_DIVERSION_INIT and autoconf 2.52

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Stefan Seefeld wrote:

> PS: Another thing which I find highly confusing is that aclocal
> is shipped with automake, not autoconf.
> I'm using autoconf, not automake, and I have a whole lot of
> macros such that I use aclocal to extract the used ones from a
> macro repository. What does this have to do with automake ?

it appears to have been an intentional (mis)design feature to intertwine
automake and autoconf.

(decoupling is good design - this is the reverse)

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