Re: AC_CONFIG_HEADERS vs. AC_CONFIG_FILES

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 03:31 +0000, Harlan Stenn wrote:
> My POLA is that config.status produces the Makefiles, config.h, and
> maybe other things.

True, but ...

* config.status's primary task is acting as cache for files it _wants_
to generate.

* config.h's (autoheaders) only can change when running configure.
I.e. technically there is no need to generate them from inside of
config.status.

> Having a file that is only produced when configure is run is
> counter-intuitive.
I beg to differ, IMO, it's just being stylish ;)

Ralf