Re: should a space really be a "special character" ?

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 03:33:55PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > P.S. I've just noticed that autoconf/aclocal.m4 also holds
> > AM_MISSING_HAS_RUN.  Why?  To avoid dependencies?
> 
> Yes; someone who's installing Autoconf shouldn't need Automake,
> to avoid the usual bootstrapping problems.

let me rephrase:
aclocal.m4 is generated, it's not a primary source of autoconf.
But the autoconf CVS contains many generated files (Makefile.in,
configure, aclocal.m4, ...), so that you can check out autoconf
and run "./configure && make all check" even if you don't have
Automake installed.

(Don't confuse with acinclude.m4, which _is_ primary source.)

Have a nice day,
        Stepan