Re: configure.lineno?

[Peter Eisentraut]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> Eric Sunshine <address@hidden> writes:
> > The configure scripts generated by the newest versions of Autoconf
> > leave a configure.lineno file sitting around after running the
> > configure script.  Is this intentional?
>
> I suspect so, as it helps debugging on hosts that lack line-number
> support.  Automake removes it as part of "make distclean".

Wouldn't a special debug mode be more suitable for that purpose?