Re: config.status --help message

[Akim Demaille]

> On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 02:47:16PM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
> : >>>>> "Lars" == Lars J Aas <address@hidden> writes:
> : 
> : Lars> Since you can use the --header and --file options no matter if
> : Lars> config.status is configured for outputing one by default, 
> : 
> : This statement is wrong.
> 
> How?  You can use config.status to instantiate files that config.status
> isn't configured for by default

*If* there are files to AC_CONFIG_FILES.

> - why should these options depend on the defaults?  They could
> depend on having had any AC_SUBSTs and AC_DEFINEs in configure, but
> the default set of files???  That makes no sense to me...

The engines for config.h or Makefile are *not* output if there are no
request.  Hence, they must not be documented.