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Re: [bug-gnulib] aux-dir name - result


From: Akim Demaille
Subject: Re: [bug-gnulib] aux-dir name - result
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:24:27 +0100


Le 22 mars 05, à 20:26, Paul Eggert a écrit :

@@ -1767,6 +1767,7 @@ other auxiliary files.  It checks for @f
 name is obsolete because some @code{make} have a rule that creates
 @file{install} from it if there is no @file{Makefile}.

+The auxiliary directory is commonly named @file{build-aux}.
 If you need portability to @acronym{DOS} variants, do not name the
 auxiliary directory @file{aux}.  @xref{File System Conventions}.
 @end defmac

Well, that's news to me, I never saw that name.

It is also "commonly" named config/, but I guess commonness is in the
eye of the beholder.





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