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Re: $ac_aux_dir issue (Was on address@hidden: Re: amtraces)
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz |
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Re: $ac_aux_dir issue (Was on address@hidden: Re: amtraces) |
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05 Feb 2001 11:27:07 +0100 |
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>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <address@hidden> writes:
Alexandre> On Feb 3, 2001, Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> wrote:
>> OTOH, autoconf defines @INSTALL@ using $ac_aux_dir, and $(INSTALL) is
>> usable anywhere. That's because this variable has a special treatment
>> in config.status (its relative path is adjusted with regard to the
>> depth of the generated file). Maybe another solution would be to
>> provide a mean for the autoconf user to specify additional variable to
>> be handled likewise.
>> Using relative paths whenever a file from the package (such as
>> the files in $ac_aux_dir) is refered to seems better to me
>> because it allows people to move a whole tree without requiring
>> `make distclean'.
Alexandre> Yep. I like the solution proposed above. In fact, I like it very
Alexandre> much!
Another idea among the same lines: let config.status
automagically adjust all AC_SUBST'ed variables whose value
start with the value of $srcdir.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz