Re: libtool running with autoconf

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 6 May 2003, Markus Werle wrote:

> Albert Chin wrote:
>
> > You installed libtool in a "non-standard" location so the above is to
> > be expected.
>
> This I do not believe.
> For a high quality package the above is unexpected.
> If even the authors of the GNU-autotools would fail to use
> it for full configuration relying on user-defined prefix
> then how can one expect others to do so.

I believe that the auto* tools expect to be installed under a common
prefix so they have common macros and boilerplate files directories.

Bob
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