Re: Getting srcdir in script executed using m4_esyscmd in AC_INIT

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Mon, 4 Jan 2021, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> > Something which surprises me is that the distribution tarballs became
> > noticeably larger.
>
> This is expected. The bulk of the increase is probably due to the test
> programs used to probe for C and/or C++ 2011 support in the compilers.
> There were also some fixes for compatibility problems that involved
> emitting more code throughout the script. I can explain the
> rationale for any piece of the diff between the old and new configure
> scripts that you're curious about.

To be clear, the size difference was intended to be due to the list of 
parameters passed to AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE and re-autotooling. 
In fact this is still using Autoconf 2.69.

Something I found which surprised me is that Automake has added a GNU 
COPYING file to my non-GNU non-GPL package.  Once the file appeared in 
the source directory, it seems that it continued to be used and 
included in spite of the Automake options provided.

While I see more detail sprinkled around the generated files, it seems 
that this COPYING file may be the biggest issue.

Bob
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