Why is ``sh config.status whatever-file-i-like'' prohibited?

[Bruce Korb]

>   case "$ac_config_target" in
>   # Handling of arguments.
>   "Makefile" ) [[........]] ;;
>   *) { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: invalid argument: $ac_config_target" >&5
> echo "$as_me: error: invalid argument: $ac_config_target" >&2;}
>    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; };;

If I want to apply the configure substitutions to some file, why should this
thing get in my way?  Earlier in the comments, there is the phrase:

   # The user is always right.

It applies here, too.  :)

Cheers - Bruce