Re: abs_top_builddir not working?

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Stepan" == Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> writes:

 Stepan> Hello,
 Stepan> On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 11:04:04AM +0200, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
 Stepan> Or perhaps you could trace a different macro, not directly AC_SUBST.
 >> 
 >> That sounds the right thing to do to me.

 Stepan> OK.  Alexandre, I'm new to this, could you please
 Stepan> suggest a name for the macro?

I'm not good at naming things.  AC_SUBST_TRACE (like
AC_DEFINE_TRACE) or AC_OUTPUT_VARIABLE ?

[...]

 Stepan> 3) You said you don't want `buildir = .' in
 Stepan> Automake-generated makefiles. 

I didn't want Automake to output such useless variable definition.
But if Autoconf tells Automake to do it, it's no longer my problem :)

 Stepan> Can you implement this exception on Automake's side?

I'm all for clean interfaces.  No exceptions.  If Autoconf tells
Automake to define it, let's define it.
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz