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

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

yes, the user is right, but what does they mean?

./config.status --file whatever-file-you-like     or

./config.status --header whatever-file-you-like    ?

Do you think that config.status should examine the contents of the *.in
file to guess what you mean?

Also note that if configure.ac had specified
        AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h:configh.in]
then
        ./config.status config.h

uses configh.in, while

        ./config.status --header config.h

uses cofig.h.in.  Which of the two different procedures should be triggered by

        ./config.status ./config.h   ?

Have a nice day,
        Stepan Kasal