[sr #106256] configure removed source file named a.h

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                 Summary: configure removed source file named a.h
                 Project: Autoconf
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Tuesday 02/12/2008 at 21:39 UTC
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                Severity: 4 - Important
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Showing a demo project to a class of students
I've noticed that one of my source files: a.h was
removed after running configure.

Looking at the configure script the culprit seems
to be a section that tries to remove some temporary
files:
 - The list of these files is assigned to $ac_files
 - This list includes a.*
 - Later this list is filtered out of some "protected"
   files and suffixes (that's why the file a.c in the
   same directory was *not* removed, while a.h was removed).
 - The originating code in autoconf looks like it comes from
   lib/autoconf/lang.m4

Having a configure script remove any source file looks like
a major show stopper to me (better to leave clutter arround
until there is a good solution than to kill anybody who
says Nee ;-)







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