Re: libtool-1.5.4 patch

[Peter O'Gorman]

Peter Breitenlohner wrote:
> 2. the rules for local-install-files badly fail (at least when $(srcdir)!=.).
> With automake 1.8.3 $(DISTFILES) contains several entries which already have
> an explicit $(srcdir) attached. The code I have inserted is a simplified
> version of the automake-generated code for the `distdir' target.
> Wouldn't it be much better (less fragile) to have all that done via
> automake, e.g. with
>         ltldir = $(datadir)/libtool/libltdl
>         ltl_DATA = COPYING.LIB Makefile.am Makefile.in README .... ltmain.sh
>         ltl_SCRIPTS = config.guess config.sub configure .... missing
> or similar.

Rather than applying your patch as is, I must also ask the guru's ... why 
aren't we using automake to install these files?

Peter