Re: program transform and tests

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Paul Eggert wrote on Mon, May 01, 2006 at 07:13:27AM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Is it worthwhile to have
> >   make installcheck
> >
> > do the right thing in the presence of
> >   configure --program-transform-name=...

> Do people actually use --program-transform-name for autoconf?

I've never seen it real-world.  Some rename it, like Debian
(autoconf2.50), but I think they use a diversion rather than
--program-transform-name.

> If so, it's probably worth fixing now, assuming the fixes are
> mechanical and are not too dangerous.

I'll take a look.

Cheers,
Ralf