Re: autoreconf removes config.guess but fails to restore it

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Magnus,

thanks for the report.

* Magnus Fromreide wrote on Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 08:24:50PM CEST:
> Consider a package that uses only autoconf, no automake, libtool or any
> such thing.
> 
> Further assume that is uses AC_CANONICAL_something so that config.sub
> and config.guess are needed.
> 
> config.sub and config.guess are manually added to the package as per the
> manual.
> 
> Now, running 
> 
> autoreconf -if
> 
> removes config.sub and config.guess but fails to recreate them.

I cannot reproduce this yet.  Can you modify the sample setup below so
that it reproduces this issue for you?  Which Autoconf version are you
using?

Thanks,
Ralf

# in a fresh directory:
cat >configure.ac <<'END'
AC_INIT
AC_CANONICAL_HOST
AC_OUTPUT
END
: >install-sh
: >config.guess
: >config.sub
autoreconf -vif
ls -l