Re: Autoconf 2.52b released

[Ralf Corsepius]

Am 04 Aug 2001 16:55:21 +0200 schrieb Akim Demaille:
> >>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Corsepius <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> hi!
> 
> >> 1. The package layout has completely changed
> 
> Ralf> AFAIS, aclocal still applies $PREFIX/aclocal. However, autoconf
> Ralf> does not put any files into it. I.e. when installing autoconf it
> Ralf> does not generate a $PREFIX/aclocal directory.
> 
> Err, I don't understand what you mean.  aclocal is an Automake beast.
> 
Urgh - You're right, braino :(

> Ralf> A nit in autoconf's interaction with automake: automake does not
> Ralf> know anything about autom4te.caches and therefore misses to
> Ralf> clean them up.  At least I would assume 'make clean' and/or
> Ralf> 'make distclean' to rm -rf them
> 
> I suppose you refer to the Autoconf package only, right?  Otherwise I
> don't know how to deal with that :(
Well, I am talking about autoconf > 2.52 cluttering source-trees with
autom4te.cache-directories and nobody caring to remove them.

Though I agree that it would be desirable to let autoconf do this
cleanup, I fail to see how autoconf could do this job.

Ralf